Benedict

  • Boy
  • 8 letters
Latin blessed. From benedictus meaning blessed.
Famous bearer 6th-century Italian saint Benedict of Nursia founded the Benedictine order of monks and nuns. The Benedictines monastical order.

Benedict is a boy’s name of Latin origin. Meaning in Latin: blessed. From benedictus meaning blessed. Famous bearer: 6th-century Italian saint Benedict of Nursia founded the Benedictine order of monks and nuns. The Benedictines monastical order. The name has 8 letters.

Related names

Italian Latin

Blessed. Variant of Latin Benedict. Blessed.

English Latin Literary

A variant of Benedict, meaning blessed, given to a Shakespearian character in the play Much Ado About Nothing. Blessed. 15 popes have been named Benedict. The Benedictines monastical order. Shakespeare's witty bachelor Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. A literary name from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, where it belongs to a Young lord of Padua.

Latin

blessed. From benedictus meaning blessed.