Benedick is a boy’s name of English, Latin and Literary origin. Meaning in English: A variant of Benedict, meaning blessed, given to a Shakespearian character in the play Much Ado About Nothing. Meaning in Latin: 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. The name has 8 letters.