Given name
Benedetta
“one who is blessed”
In Italian use, Benedetta is a feminine form of Benedict. One Latin interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Benedetta is a feminine form of Benedict. One Latin interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Italian use, Benedetta is a feminine form of Benedict. An origin associated with Benedict is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Benedetta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 421
- 0 boys · 421 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,114 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,114 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 486 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Benedetta’s family of names
Benedetta is a feminine form of Benedict. Benedetta has a related form in Benedicta. In Italian usage, Benedetta has a conventional equivalent in the English form Benedicta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Benedetta has relatives in 5 languages.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Benedetta
- Benedetta PorcaroliItalian actress (born 1998)
- Benedetta PilatoItalian swimmerborn 2005
- Benedetta CarliniItalian mystic and nun1590–1661
- Benedetta CappaItalian writer and painter (1897-1977)
- Princess Benedetta d'Este(1697-1777)
- Benedetta CraveriItalian French scholar and writer (1942-)
- Benedetta TagliabueItalian architectborn 1963
- Benedetta ScuderiItalian politicianborn 1991
- Benedetta of CagliariJudge of Cagliari1194–1232
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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