Benton
BEN-tən
Popularity
#1305
Letters
6
Syllables
2
Origin
English
Total Births
10,316
Peak Year
#277 in 2016
First Recorded
1880
Style
Vintage
Spelling
Easy to spell
What It Means
An English surname, meaning 'from the bent grass farm', referring to someone who lived near a field of bent grass.
Numerology
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Famous Namesakes
Thomas Hart Benton
American painter and muralist
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