The nickname was applied first to the Great Bell; it may have been named after Sir Benjamin Hall, who oversaw the installation of the Great Bell, or after English heavyweight boxing champion Benjamin Caunt.
Inițial, această poreclă a fost dată clopotului mare; numele provine, probabil, de la Benjamin Hall, care a supervizat instalarea clopotului sau de la campionul englez la box de categorie grea Benjamin Caunt.