as a Last Name
- 16,438
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Benedict
Meaning & Origins
English and Dutch: from the medieval personal name Benedict (Latin Benedictus meaning ‘blessed’). This owed its popularity in the Middle Ages chiefly to St. Benedict of Norcia (c.480–550), who founded the Benedictine order of monks at Monte Cassino and wrote a monastic rule that formed a model for all subsequent rules. No doubt the meaning of the Latin word also contributed to its popularity as a personal name, especially in Romance countries.
| 1,905th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 16,438
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alaska
- has the most people named Benedict per capita
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