How To Pronounce Benjamin

In British English, Benjamin is pronounced /ˈben.dʒə.mɪn/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈbẽn.dʒə.mɪ̃n]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈben.dʒə.mɪn/.

Benjamin has three syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.