Benedict is a common surname that comes from the Latin word meaning "blessed". The name was popularized by Saint Benedict of Nursia, the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict and thereby of Western Monasticism (Benedictine).
Aragonese: Benedet
Arabic: مبارك ("Mubarak", meaning 'blessed')
Breton: Benead
Bulgarian: Бенедикт (Benedikt)
Catalan : Benet
Croatian : Benedikt
Danish: Benedikt, Bendt, Bent
Czech: Benedikt, Beneš
Dutch: Benedictus
English: Benedict
Estonian: Pent
Filipino: Benito
Finnish: Pentti
French: Bénédicte, Benoîte (female), Benoît (male)
Galician: Bieito
German: Benedikt
Greek: Βενέδικτος (Venediktos)
Hebrew: ברוך (ba-ruch, meaning 'blessed')
Hungarian: Benedek
Icelandic: Benedikt
Italian: Benedetto, Benetto, Benito
Indonesian: Benediktus
Latin: Benedictus
Latvian: Benedikts, Bendiks, Benis
Lithuanian: Benediktas
Macedonian: Бенедикт (Benedikt)
Norwegian: Bendik, Benedikt, Bengt
Polish: Benedykt
Portuguese: Bento, Benedito, Benedita (feminine)
Provençal: Bénézet
Romanian: Benedict
Russian: Венедикт (Venedikt)
Serbian: Бенедикт (Benedikt)
Slovak: Benedikt
Slovenian: Benedikt
Spanish: Benedicto, Benito
Swedish: Benedikt, Benkt, Bengt
Ukrainian: Бенедікт (Benedikt)
Yiddish: Benesh
Brooks Benedict (1896-1968), American actor of the silent and sound film era
Bruce Benedict (born 1955), American former professional baseball player, coach and scout
Charles Benedict (disambiguation), multiple people
Cleve Benedict (b. 1935), U.S. Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1981-83
Clare Benedict (1870–1961), American author
Clint Benedict (1892–1976), Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender
Dirk Benedict (pseudonym, born 1945), American actor
Ed Benedict (1912–2006), American animator and layout artist
Erastus C. Benedict (1800–1880), New York politician
Howard Benedict, lacrosse coach
Jacques Benedict (1879–1948), American architect
John Benedict (1649–1729), member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk
Sir Julius Benedict (1804–1885), English composer and conductor
Moby Benedict (born 1935), American baseball player and coach
Paul Benedict (1938–2008), American actor
Paul K. Benedict (1912–1997), American psychiatrist and linguist
Pinckney Benedict (born 1964), Writer of Appalachian fiction
Richard Benedict (1920–1984), Italian-born television and film actor and director
Rob Benedict (born 1970), American stage and screen actor
Ruth Benedict (1887–1948), American anthropologist
Stanley Rossiter Benedict (1884–1936), American chemist who invented Benedict's reagent, a test for reducing sugars
Thomas Benedict (1617–1689), early settler in colonial New York, and Connecticut; member of the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk (1670, 1675)
Thomas Benedict (II) (1682–1763), member of the Connecticut House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk (1737, 1740, and 1744)
William Benedict (1917–1999), actor
Julius and Vincent Benedict, characters in Twins
Terry Benedict, character in Ocean's Eleven
Phillium Benedict, villain of Recess: School's Out
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