that's one likely explanation! grandmother never would say what impelled them to pick that name - as far as I know, no one (not even my father) knows exactly why he got landed with it.
he gets lots and lots of confused looks from people, and tons of folks assume it's a typo and call him Ben.
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he gets lots and lots of confused looks from people, and tons of folks assume it's a typo and call him Ben.