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Benedict

Latin
"blessed"
Brynn McKeon
By Brynn McKeon
Updated Tue Sep 30 2025

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.

# 913 in the US

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Benedict Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Benedict

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Famous People Named Benedict

  • Saint Benedict of Nursia
    Italian patron of Europe and students
  • Benedict I
    XVI, popes (latest resigned 2013)
  • Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch
    English actor
  • Benedict Arnold
    American Revolutionary general and traitor
  • Benedict Biscop
    Anglo,Saxon abbot
  • Benedict "Ben" Carpenter
    English sculptor
  • Benedict Martin Paul "Ben" Mulroney
    Canadian TV presenter
  • Joseph Benedict "Ben" Chifley
    16th prime minister of Australia
  • Benedict Joseph Semmes
    Jr., American admiral
  • Benedict Wong
    English actor

The name Benedict in Pop Culture

  • Benedict
    character in opera "Beatrice et Benedict" by Hector Berlioz
  • Benedict Copeland
    character in Carson McCullers' "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"
  • Benedict of Amber
    character in the Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
  • Benedict aka Father
    character in animated series "Codename: Kids Next Door"
  • Nicholas Benedict
    character in "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
  • Terry Benedict
    villain in movie "Ocean's Eleven"
  • Eggs benedict
    breakfast dish
  • Benedict Blue
    A postman in Violet Evergarden anime

International Variations of the name Benedict

  • Benedetto
    Italian
  • Bence
    Hungarian
  • Beng
    Swedish
  • Benedikt
    Russian
  • Bendik
    Norwegian
  • Benôit
    French
  • Benneit
    Scottish Gaelic
  • Venya
    Russian
  • Venedict
    Greek
  • Benke
    Eastern European
  • Venka
    Russian
  • Benedek
    Eastern European
  • Bendt
    Danish
  • Benoît
    Yiddish
  • Venedikt
    Russian
  • Benet
    Catalan
  • Bendix
    Dutch
  • Benedik
    Eastern European
  • Pentti
    Finnish
  • Benen
    Irish
  • Benedick
    Dutch
  • Bendek
    Hungarian
  • Benito
    Portuguese

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