Given name & surname
Benedicto
“one who is blessed”
Benedicto is a variant of Benedict. One Latin interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Benedicto is a variant of Benedict. One Latin interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Benedicto is a variant of Benedict. An origin associated with Benedict is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Filipino usage, Benedicto developed from Benedictus.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Benedicto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 195
- 195 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,283 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,283 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,563 as a first name in 2020; 745 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.
Benedicto’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Benedicto shares an earlier linguistic root with Benito. Benedicto has a related form in Benedict. In Spanish usage, Benedicto has a conventional equivalent in the English form Benedict.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Benedicto has relatives in 8 languages.
8 related names in 8 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 25
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Benequivalent
- Benitodoublet · Spanish
- Baruchequivalent
- BentoPortuguese
- Benedettoequivalent
- Benoitequivalent
- Barakequivalent
- Bennoequivalent
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People named Benedicto
- AntoninhoBrazilian association football player and manager (1939–2021)
- Benedicto KiwanukaUgandan Prime Minister (1922-1972)
- BenedictoBrazilian footballer and manager (1906–1944)
- Benedicto GodoyBolivian footballerborn 1924
- Benedicto CabreraNational Artists of the Philippines (2006)born 1942
- Benedicto CaldarellaArgentine motorcycle racerborn 1939
- Benedicto Sánchez de HerreraSpanish theologian1598–1674
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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