Eben is sometimes short for Ebenezer, though it is a name in its own right. It comes from a Hebrew word meaning "stone."Eben
You have to correct people when they first ask your son's name because many of them will think you've said Evan, but once you get past that, you've got to admit that the Eben kind of rocks. (No, honestly, that's what it means: rock.) It's a classic, but it hasn't been in common use in over a century. Time to bring it back, I say!
Eben is sometimes short for Ebenezer, though it is a name in its own right. It comes from a Hebrew word meaning "stone."