Given name
Benedicte
Benedicte is a feminine given name. It is used in Danish and Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Benedicte isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Benedicte through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 448 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.
Benedicte’s family of names
In Danish usage, Benedicte has a related form in Benedikte.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Benedicte
- Benedicte MundeleCongolese fresh food entrepreneurborn 1992
- Benedicte AdrianNorwegian singerborn 1963
- Benedicte Wrenstednotable Danish-American photographer (1859–1949)
- Benedicte MaursethNorwegian folk violinist and singerborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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