Benedict
Latin
"blessed"
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Benedict Origin and Meaning
The name Benedict is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "blessed".
Parents who like Ben and Benjamin but find those forms too popular sometimes consider Benedict as a more distinctive choice. Unlike the Old Testament Benjamin, Benedict is the name of the saint who formed the Benedictine Order and of fifteen popes,including a recent one.
Shakespeare used a variant form--Benedick--for the character in Much Ado About Nothing. Other options are Bennett and Benno.
Benedict Cumberbatch is a British stage, film and TV actor, who has been seen as Stephen Hawking, William Pitt, Dr. Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster, and currently as Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series.
Just one caveat: There is the link to that infamous traitor Benedict Arnold.
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20 Names Similar to Benedict
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- Clarence
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Famous People Named Benedict
- Saint Benedict of NursiaItalian patron of Europe and students
- Benedict IXVI, popes (latest resigned 2013)
- Benedict Timothy Carlton CumberbatchEnglish actor
- Benedict ArnoldAmerican Revolutionary general and traitor
- Benedict BiscopAnglo,Saxon abbot
- Benedict "Ben" CarpenterEnglish sculptor
- Benedict Martin Paul "Ben" MulroneyCanadian TV presenter
- Joseph Benedict "Ben" Chifley16th prime minister of Australia
- Benedict Joseph SemmesJr., American admiral
- Benedict WongEnglish actor
The name Benedict in Pop Culture
- Benedictcharacter in opera "Beatrice et Benedict" by Hector Berlioz
- Benedict Copelandcharacter in Carson McCullers' "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"
- Benedict of Ambercharacter in the Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
- Benedict aka Fathercharacter in animated series "Codename: Kids Next Door"
- Nicholas Benedictcharacter in "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
- Terry Benedictvillain in movie "Ocean's Eleven"
- Eggs benedictbreakfast dish
- Benedict BlueA postman in Violet Evergarden anime
International Variations of the name Benedict
- BenedettoItalian
- BenceHungarian
- BengSwedish
- BenediktRussian
- BendikNorwegian
- BenôitFrench
- BenneitScottish Gaelic
- VenyaRussian
- VenedictGreek
- BenkeEastern European
- VenkaRussian
- BenedekEastern European
- BendtDanish
- BenoîtYiddish
- VenediktRussian
- BenetCatalan
- BendixDutch
- BenedikEastern European
- PenttiFinnish
- BenenIrish
- BenedickDutch
- BendekHungarian
- BenitoPortuguese
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