Given name & surname
Benedikt
“one who is blessed”
Benedikt is a variant of Benedict. One Latin interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Benedikt is a variant of Benedict. One Latin interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Benedikt is a variant of Benedict. An origin associated with Benedict is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Czech usage, Benedikt developed from Benedictus.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Benedikt through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 55
- 55 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 7 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 boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 209 as a first name in 2020; 163 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.
Benedikt’s family of names
In German usage, Benedikt has a diminutive in BENI. Benedikt shares a linguistic root with Benedict. In German usage, Benedikt has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Benito.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Benedikt has relatives in 18 languages.
35 related names in 18 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 14
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 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- BennettEnglish
- Benequivalent
- BenitoSpanish
- Bennetequivalent
- Baruchequivalent
- BentoPortuguese
- Benoitequivalent
- BenedettoItalian
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- Barakequivalent
- Bennoequivalent
- Benedictoequivalent
- Bengtequivalent
- Bendaequivalent
- BenedekHungarian
- ΒενέδικτοςGreek
- BeneditoPortuguese
- BenedyktPolish
- BenoîtFrench
- Benediktoequivalent
- Binidittuequivalent
- Beneadequivalent
- Bentequivalent
- Bénédictequivalent
- Bieitoequivalent
- Benedictusroot · Latin
- BenešCzech
- BeinktSwedish
- BendiksNorwegian
- BendikNorwegian
- BendedictusLatin
- בֶענֶעשׁYiddish
- PentikkäFinnish
- PenttiFinnish
- BænadiktFaroese
- BenadiktFaroese
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Benedikt
- Benedikt HöwedesGerman association football playerborn 1988
- Benedict AndersonAmerican political scientist (1936-2015)
- Benedikt DollGerman biathleteborn 1990
- Benedikt GröndalIcelandic politician (1924-2010)
- Benedikt WagnerGerman fencerborn 1990
- Benedikt ErlingssonIcelandic film actor and director (born 1969)
- Benedikt RöckerGerman footballerborn 1989
- Benedikt RejtGerman architect1454–1534
- Benedikt Carpzov Jr.German legal scientist (1595-1666)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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