Benedict


Gender:
Origin: Latin
269 famous people named Benedict found on Wikipedia.
8834 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 981-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 447-th in year 1914
Used in: English

Meanings

A male given name: from a Latin word meaning “blessed.”.

Benedict is a masculine given name, which comes from Late Latin word Benedictus, meaning blessed. Etymologically it is derived from the Latin words bene ('good') and dicte ('speak') i.e. “well spoken”. The name was borne by Saint Benedict of Nursia, the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict and thereby of Western Monasticism. The Italian equivalent is Benedetto.

"newly married man" (especially one who had seemed a confirmed bachelor), 1821, from the character Benedick in "Much Ado About Nothing" (1599). The name is from Late Latin Benedictus, literally "blessed," from Latin benedicte "bless (you)" (see benediction). This also produced the proper name and surname Bennet; hence also benet (late 14c.), the third of the four lesser orders of the Roman Catholic Church, one of whose functions was to exorcize spirits.

In Latin: blessed.

Famous People: 269 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Benedict Cumberbatch 1976 English actor and film producer
2 Benedict Wong 1970 British actors of Chinese descent
3 Dirk Benedict 1945 American actor
4 Benedict of Nursia 0480 Christian saint and monk
5 Benedict Samuel 1988 Actor, writer and director
6 Paul Benedict 1938 American actor
7 Rob Benedict 1970 American actor
8 Benedict Anderson 1936 American political scientist
9 Ruth Benedict 1887 American anthropologist and folklorologist
10 Marina Benedict Actress
11 Benedict Freitag 1952 Swiss actor
12 Sebastian Benedict 2012 Actor
13 Benedict Allen 1960 British traveller
14 Benedict Taylor 1960 British actor
15 Benedict Groeschel 1933 American Franciscan friar, priest, founder
16 Benedict Ayade 1969 Nigerian politician
17 Vijay Benedict Singer, worship leader
18 Benedict Jacka 1980 Author
19 William Benedict 1917 American actor
20 Richard Benedict 1920 American actor
21 Benedict Joseph Labre 1748 French mendicant and saint
22 Benedict the Moor 1526 Italian Franciscan
23 Benedict Daswa 1946
24 Benedict Biscop 0628 Anglo-Saxon abbot
25 Peter Benedict 1963 Austrian actor
26 Amy Benedict 1964 American actress
27 Jay Benedict 1951 American actor
28 Benedict Gross 1950 American number theorist
29 Benedict Campbell 1957 Canadian television actor
30 Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore 1679 American politician
31 Benedict Nicolson 1914 Art historian
32 Benedict of Aniane 0750 Benedictine monk and reformer
33 Manson Benedict 1907 American nuclear engineer
34 Benedict Andrews 1972 Australian theatre director
35 Nick Benedict 1947 American actor
36 Benedict Lust 1872 German physician
37 Clint Benedict 1892 Canadian ice hockey player
38 Benedict Vilakazi 1982 South African footballer
39 Benedict Fitzgerald 1949 American screenwriter
40 Benedict Swingate Calvert 1722 American judge
41 Bruce Benedict 1955 American baseball player and coach
42 Julius Benedict 1804 German-born composer and conductor
43 Bryan Benedict 1991
44 Benedict Iroha 1969 Nigerian footballer
45 Benedict Carey 1960 American journalist
46 Benedict Brogan British journalist
47 Benedict Akwuegbu 1974 Nigerian footballer
48 Benedict Wells 1984 German novelist
49 Benedict Kiely 1919 Irish writer
50 Benedict Wallet Vilakazi 1906 South African Zulu poet, novelist, and educator
51 Benedict Joseph Fenwick 1782 Catholic bishop
52 Benedict Kingsbury 1961 American academic
53 Elsie Lincoln Benedict 1885 American psychologist
54 Jeff Benedict 1966 American writer
55 Terry Benedict American film producer
56 Benedict Clark 1996 British actor
57 Stanley Rossiter Benedict 1884 American chemist
58 Cleve Benedict 1935 American politician
59 Pinckney Benedict 1964 American novelist, short story writer
60 Heath Benedict 1983 American football player
61 Philip Benedict 1949 American historian
62 Benedict Bogeaus 1904 American film producer
63 Ed Benedict 1912 American animator
64 Benedict Ashley 1915 American theologian
65 Benedict Mar Gregorios 1916 Metropolitan Archbishop
66 Benedict Crowell 1869 United States Army general
67 Benedict Leonard Calvert 1700 15th Proprietary Governor of Maryland
68 Benedict Joseph Flaget 1763 Catholic bishop
69 Brooks Benedict 1896 American actor (1896-1968)
70 Benedict Nightingale 1939 Journalist, critic
71 William Pershing Benedict 1918 American pilot
72 Benedict Sandiford British actor
73 Howard Benedict American lacrosse coach
74 Enella Benedict 1858 American painter
75 Benedict Friedlaender 1866 German academic and scientist
76 Benedict Neuenfels 1966 German cinematographer
77 Elias Cornelius Benedict 1834 American banker
78 Benedict Fernandez 1984 Filipino basketball player
79 Benedict Arnold 1780 American congressman for New York
80 Benedict Read 1945 British art historian
81 Paul K. Benedict 1912 American anthropologist, mental health professional, and linguist
82 Benedict Wall 1984 Actor
83 Benedict J. Semmes, Jr. 1913 United States Navy admiral
84 Benedict Pereira 1535 Spanish theologian
85 Helen Benedict 1952 British-American novelist
86 Jay Leland Benedict 1882 United States Army general
87 Benedict Smith Disc jockey
88 Benedict Mason 1954 British composer
89 Jacques Benedict 1879 American architect
90 Benedict Freedman 1919 American mathematician and writer
91 Benedict of Poland 1200 Polish explorer
92 Benjamin Benedict 1972 Film producer
93 Benito Menni 1841 Italian priest
94 Tex Benedict 1982 British professional wrestler
95 Benedict of Szkalka 1000 Hungarian saint
96 Benedict Bermange 1975 Cricket scorer
97 Michael Les Benedict American historian
98 Benedict Campos 1989 Filipino actor
99 Kristyan Benedict 1974 Amnesty International manager
100 Benedict Martin 1987 Malaysian footballer
101 Moby Benedict 1935 American baseball player
102 Benedict of Sausetun Bishop of Rochester
103 Henry Stanley Benedict 1878 American politician
104 Francis Gano Benedict 1870 American nutritionist
105 Benedict Spinola 1519 Italian merchant
106 Benedict Randhartinger 1802 Austrian composer
107 Samuel Benedict 1792 Liberian judge
108 George G. Benedict 1826 Medal of Honor recipient
109 Charles B. Benedict 1828 American politician
110 Benedict Barnham English merchant,alderman and MP
111 Benedict I of Jerusalem 1892 Eastern Orthodox Patriarch
112 Max Benedict 1920 British film editor
113 Benedict L. Stabile 1927
114 Benedict Nordentoft 1873 Danish educator and cleric
115 Abbas Benedictus 12th-century English abbot
116 John Benedict 1649 Connecticut politician and deacon
117 Clare Benedict 1870 American writer
118 Brandon Benedict 1982 Canadian ice hockey centre
119 Beth S. Benedict
120 Kennette Benedict American activist
121 Benedict Stilling 1810 German neuroscientist
122 Benedict Biddle 1848 New Zealand cross recipient
123 Kingsley Benedict 1878 Actor
124 Benedict Francis 1972 British actor
125 Benedict Grant Noakes 1965 British television presenter
126 Benedict of York Moneylender
127 Benedict Sandin 1918 Malaysian ethnologist
128 Benedict of Soracte
129 Suzan Rose Benedict 1873 American mathematician
130 Benedict Jones British psychologist
131 Benedict Waldeck 1802 Prussian politician
132 Benedict Joseph Fernandez 1936 American photographer and educator
133 Dee Workman Benedict
134 Benedict of Cagliari Italian bishop and saint
135 Benedict Williamson 1868 British architect
136 Benedict T. Viviano 1940 Author, professor
137 Benedict M. Vierra American priest
138 Frederick Staples Benedict 1861 American architect
139 Benedict Nichols Bishop of Bangor, Bishop of St David's
140 Benedict Peters
141 Benedict Jablonski 1917 Science fiction fan
142 Benedict Sestini 1816 Italian astronomer
143 Brian Benedict 1968 American soccer player
144 Benedict Ole-Nangoro 1956 Tanzanian politician
145 Benedict Ako 1968 Tanzanian distance runner
146 Joseph Benedict 1730 American patriot in the American Revolutionary War
147 Benedict Zilliacus 1921 Finnish writer
148 Benedict James 1871 British writer
149 Benedict Silberman 1901 Jewish composer
150 Benedict Joseph Semmes 1789 American politician
151 Erastus C. Benedict 1800 American politician
152 Benedict Makra
153 Zadoc Benedict
154 Benedict Garmisa 1913
155 Benedict Zuckermann 1818 German astronomer
156 Benedict Hoskyns 1856 British priest
157 Benedict Pictet 1655 Swiss theoligian
158 Charles Benedict 1867 Sport shooter
159 Art Benedict 1862 American baseball player
160 Benedict Uloko 1984 Olympic weightlifter
161 Benedict Kisdy Roman Catholic bishop
162 Benedict Mirow 1974 German director
163 Charles L. Benedict 1824 United States federal judge
164 Benedict Stattler 1728 German theologian
165 Benedict of Alignan 1200 French bishop
166 Benedict Charles Franzetta 1921 Catholic bishop
167 Lewis Benedict 1817
168 Benedict Dos Santos 1998
169 Benedict Lapham 1816 American philanthropist and industrialist
170 Benedict Chelidonius 1460 German writer (1460-1521)
171 Benedict Wachira
172 Claire Benedict
173 Benedict Lachmann 1878 German writer and bookseller
174 Benedito Domingos Vito Coscia 1922 Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop
175 Benedict von Holland 1775 German teacher
176 Chuck Benedict 1946 American politician
177 Benedict Welte 1805 German biblical scholar
178 Thomas Benedict 1682 Connecticut politician
179 Willis E. Benedict 1858 American politician
180 Benedict John Osta 1931 Indian priest
181 Jörg Benedict 1966 German jurist
182 Benedek I, Archbishop of Esztergom Hungarian cardinal
183 Benedict Fodo Gunda Kenyan politician
184 Benedikt Strauch 1724
185 Benedict of Norwich
186 Benedict Cassen 1902 American physicist
187 Benedict von Bremer 1717 German judge and politician
188 Benedict von Herman 1689
189 Benedict Carton
190 Benedict Joseph Murdoch 1886 Canadian priest and writer
191 Traugott Wilhelm Gustav Benedict 1785
192 Roswell Gardinier Benedict 1815 Canadian businessman
193 Benedict of Gloucester
194 Benedict of Farfa Abbot of Farfa
195 Benedict Heinrich Bendix 1768 German draughtsperson
196 Theodore Hutson Benedict 1821
197 Benedict Jacob Römer-Büchner 1792 German historian
198 Benedict Chapman
199 Benedict Pothier Canadian physician
200 Benedikt Schmidt 1726 German judge