Given name & surname
Benedetto
“one who is blessed”
Benedetto is a variant of Benedict. One Latin interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Benedetto is a variant of Benedict. One Latin interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Benedetto is a variant of Benedict. An origin associated with Benedict is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Ecclesiastical Latin Benedictus, from Latin benedīcō.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Benedetto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 881
- 881 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,497 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,497 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 856 as a first name in 2020; 3,171 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Benedetto’s family of names
In Italian usage, Benedetto has a diminutive in BETTINO. In Italian usage, Benedetto shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Benito. Benedetto has a related form in Benedict.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Benedetto has relatives in 10 languages.
12 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 33
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Bennettequivalent
- BenicioSpanish
- Benequivalent
- Benitocognate · Spanish
- Bennetequivalent
- Baruchequivalent
- Bentocognate · Portuguese
- Benoitequivalent
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- Barakequivalent
- Bennoequivalent
- Barackequivalent
- Benedictoequivalent
- Benoequivalent
- Bengtequivalent
- Benedekequivalent
- Benzequivalent
- BenediktGerman
- Benetcognate · Catalan
- Benedictusequivalent
- Beneadequivalent
- Bentequivalent
- Bénédictequivalent
- Bendixequivalent
- Bendikequivalent
- Bendichtequivalent
- Benonequivalent
- בענדיטderivative · Yiddish
- BeneditoPortuguese
- BenedyktPolish
- Benoîtcognate · French
- Bieitocognate · Galician
- Benediktoequivalent
- Binidittuequivalent
People named Benedetto
- Benedict of Nursiafounder of Christian monasticism, founder of the Benedictine order (480–547)
- Benedetto CroceItalian philosopher (1866-1952)
- Bettino CraxiItalian politician (1934–2000)
- Benedetto MarcelloItalian composer, writer, advocate, magistrate, and teacher (1686–1739)
- Benedetto CairoliItalian politician (1825–1889)
- Benedetto CotrugliRagusan economist1416–1469
- Benedict the MoorItalian-born African Franciscan friar in Sicily1526–1589
- Benedetto LutiItalian painter (1666–1724)
- Benedetto AntelamiItalian artist (1150-1230)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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