If you're looking to buy sesame seeds then most stores in the USA will carry the sesame seeds under the name sesame seeds.
But some other names for sesame seeds are benne or bene seed, beniseed.
Beniseed is the most common other name for sesame seed though.
It's also safe to eat raw sesame seeds if you want to eat them that way.
Sesame Seeds can be eaten either raw or cooked and they are delicious and healthy in both raw and cooked form.
I love to sprinkle sesame seeds on salads and hamburgers and it makes a great meal and the sesame seeds are healthy for you as well.
Sesame seeds are more healthy though when eaten raw and contain fats, protein, B vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants that are essential to keep our bodies healthy and energized.
I also love to eat roasted sesame seeds but the raw sesame seeds are good as well.
Some people prefer to eat the sesame seeds either raw, soaked, roasted, or sprouted and either of those ways gives you the needed nutrients and health benefits that sesame seeds provide.