Benedict
/ˈbɛn.ə.dɪkt/noun
A male given name, a surname, or a term for a newly married man in some contexts.
Did you know?Benedict comes from the same Latin root as benediction, so the name has always carried the force of a spoken blessing, not just a label.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dheh₁-
“to place, put, set”
Latin
Latin
bene
“well, good”
Latin
Latin
dictus
“spoken, said”
Late Latin
Latin
Benedictus
“blessed; the name of St. Benedict”
Old French
Old French
Benoit
“Benedict, the personal name”
Middle English
English
Benedict
“the personal name, later also a newly married man”
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