Benedict (given name)
Benedict is a masculine given name of Latin origin, meaning "blessed". Etymologically, it is derived from the Latin words bene ('good') and dicte ('speak'), i.e. "well spoken". The name was borne by Saint Benedict of Nursia (480–547), often called the founder of Western Christian monasticism.

Forms of Benedict in different languages

List of people with the given name Benedict, Benedikt, Bénédict, or Bennedict
For a complete list, see , , or .

Saints
Benedict of Nursia (480–547), Italian monk, founder of the Benedictine order of monasticism
Benedict of Aniane (747–821), Benedictine monk and monastic reformer
Benedict Biscop (628–690), Anglo-Saxon abbot
Benedict (bishop of Milan) (died 732), archbishop of Milan
Benedict of Szkalka (died 1012), Hungarian Benedictine monk
  Benedict the Bridge-Builder (1184), also known as Bénézet
Benedict the Moor (1526–1589), also known as Benedict the Black
Benedict Joseph Labre (1748–1783), French Franciscan mendicant
Benedict Menni (1841–1914), Italian priest

Popes and antipopes
Pope Benedict I (died 579), pope from 575 to 579
Pope Benedict II (635–685), pope in 684/685,  also a saint
Pope Benedict III (died 858), pope from 855 to 858
Pope Benedict IV (died 903), pope from 900 to 903
Pope Benedict V (died 965), pope in 964, in opposition to Pope Leo VIII
Pope Benedict VI (died 974), pope in 973/974
Pope Benedict VII (died 983), pope from 974 to 983
Pope Benedict VIII (died 1024), pope from 1012 to 1024
Pope Benedict IX (1056), pope on three occasions between 1032 and 1048
Antipope Benedict X ()
Pope Benedict XI (1240–1304), pope from 1303 to 1304
Pope Benedict XII (1342), pope from 1334 to 1342
Antipope Benedict XIII (1328–1423)
Antipope Benedict XIV, the name used by two closely related minor antipopes of the 15th century
Pope Benedict XIII (1649–1730), pope from 1724 to 1730
Pope Benedict XIV (1675–1758), pope from 1740 to 1758
Pope Benedict XV (1854–1922), pope from 1914 to 1922
Pope Benedict XVI (1927–2022), pope from 2005 to 2013

Other
Benedict (archbishop of Edessa) (), first archbishop of Edessa of the Latin rite
Benedict (canon of St. Peter's) (12th century), religious and liturgical writer of Rome
Benedict of Bari (), monk and religious author
Benedict of Poland (1200–1280), Polish Franciscan friar, traveler, explorer, and interpreter
Benedict, Duke of Finland (1254–1291), Swedish prelate bishop and duke
Benedict I of Jerusalem (1892–1980), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
Benedict de Spinoza (1632–1677), Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Sephardi descent
Benedict Akwuegbu (born 1974), Nigerian footballer
Benedict Anderson (1936–2015), Irish political scientist and historian of South East Asia
Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter (1665–1742), Austrian Baroque composer
Benedict Arnold (1741–1801), American general who after 1779 shifted his allegiance to the British
Benedict Arnold (congressman) (1789–1849), American politician representing New York State
Benedict Balansa (1825–1891), French botanist
Benedict Birnberg (1930–2023), British solicitor and human rights campaigner
Benedict Campbell (born 1957), Canadian actor
Benedict Chifley (1885–1951), Australian Prime Minister
Benedict Cumberbatch (born 1976),  English actor
Benedict Daswa (1946–1990), South African school principal and mob murder victim
Benedikt Doll (born 1990), German biathlete
Benedikt Dreyer (1495–1555), German sculptor, carver and painter*Benedict Erofeev (1938–1990), Russian writer and Soviet dissident
Benedict Fogelberg (1786–1854), Swedish sculptor
Benedict Friedlaender (1866–1908), German zoologist and sexologist
Benedict Goëz (1562–1697), Portuguese Jesuit missionary and explorer (Bento de Góis)
Benedict Gregorios (1916–1994), Metropolitan Archbishop of the Malankara Church
Benedict Gross (born 1950), American mathematician
Bénédict Pierre Georges Hochreutiner (1873–1959), Swiss botanist and plant taxonomist
Benedikt Höwedes (born 1988), German footballer
Benedict Iroha (born 1969), Nigerian footballer
Benedict Jackson (born 1967), English golfer
Benedikt Jóhannesson (born 1955), Icelandic publisher, businessman and politician
Benedict F. Kiernan (born 1953), American historian
Benedikt Kotruljević (1416–1469), Ragusan Renaissance humanist
Benedikt Kuripečič (1491–1531), Slovene diplomat
Benedikt Lampert (born 1985), Liechtensteiner bobsledder
Benedikt Livshits (1887–1938), Russian poet, writer and translator*Benedict Kiely (1919–2007), Irish writer and broadcaster
Bennedict Mathurin (born 2002), Canadian basketball player
Benedict McCarthy (born 1977), South African footballer
Benedict Morel (1809–1873), French psychiatrist
Benedikt Niese (1849–1910), German classical scholar
Benedikt Rejt (1450–1533), Bohemian architect
Benedikt Roezl (1824–1885), Austrian botanist
Benedict Samuel (born 1988), Australian actor
Benedikt Schack (1758–1826), Bohemian composer and tenor
Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924–2010), Prime Minister of Iceland
Benedict Stilling (1810–1879), German anatomist and surgeon
Benedict Wallet Vilakazi (1906–1947), South African Zulu poet, novelist, and educator
Benedikt Waldeck (1802–1870), Progressive Prussian politician
Benedict Wells (born 1984), German-Swiss novelist
Benedict Wong (born 1971), English actor

Fictional characters
Benedict, a chicken villager from the Animal Crossing series
Benedick, a character from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing
Benedict of Amber, from the Chronicles of Amber
Bénédict, the title character in Berlioz's opera Béatrice et Bénédict

References

English masculine given names
Masculine given names
German masculine given names