When Japheth ben Noah was born about 2605 BC, his father, Noah Menachem ben Lamech, was 454 and his mother, Amzura bat Rake'el, was 421. He had at least 9 sons and 4 daughters with Adataneses bint Eliakim ibn Mutwashlack. He died in Ur, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, and was buried in `Ūr, Shahrestān-e Meshgīnshahr, Ardabil, Iran.
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Native American (mainly Navajo) and apparently also African American: adoption of the English personal name Ben (short form of Benjamin ) as a surname.
Italian (also Del Ben): from a dialect form of the adverb bene ‘well’. This form, without the preposition, is found only in Belluno province, in particular in Taibon Agordino.
Indian (Gujarat): from Gujarati ben ‘sister’, from Sanskrit bhaginī, a title often attached to their personal name by Gujarati women. It is not a true surname, but is sometimes used as a surname by women who do not have a surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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