BENEDICT
Gender: M
Origin: Latin
Meaning: "blessed"
Parents who like Ben and Benjamin but find those forms too popular sometimes consider Benedict -- now sanctioned as the name of the current pope -- as a more distinctive choice, despite its lasting link to the traitor Benedict Arnold.
International Variations:
Benet
(Catalan)
Bendt
(Danish)
Bendix,
Benedick
(Dutch)
Benke,
Benedek,
Benedik
(Eastern European)
Pentti
(Finnish)
Benôit
(French)
Venedict
(Greek)
Bence,
Bendek
(Hungarian)
Benen
(Irish)
Benedetto
(Italian)
Bendik
(Norwegian)
Benito
(Portuguese)
Benedikt,
Venya,
Venka,
Venedikt
(Russian)
Benneit
(Scottish Gaelic)
Benito
(Spanish)
Beng
(Swedish)
Benoit
(Yiddish)
Benedict is being discussed in our message boards:
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- Many Multiples BNG
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