Given name · Greek
Βενέδικτος
“blessed”
Βενέδικτος (Venédiktos) is a masculine given name from Late Latin, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Benedict.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Βενέδικτος goes back to Latin benedictus, meaning “blessed.”
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Where it comes from
Βενέδικτος comes from Late Latin, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Greek usage, Βενέδικτος developed from Benedictus.
Βενέδικτος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Βενέδικτος developed from the Latin form Benedictus. In Greek usage, Βενέδικτος has a conventional equivalent in the English form Benedict. In Greek usage, Βενέδικτος has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Benicio.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Βενέδικτος has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Βενέδικτος comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Benedictusroot · Latin
- BenicioSpanish
- BenedictEnglish
- BentoPortuguese
- BenediktCroatian, German
- ВенедиктRussian
- BenedyktPolish
- BenediktoEsperanto
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