Meaning & origin
Benedita’s family of names
In Occitan usage, Benedita has a conventional equivalent in the English form Benedicta. In Portuguese usage, Benedita has a conventional equivalent in the Faroese form BEINTA. In Occitan usage, Benedita has a related form in Beneseta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Benedita has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Benedita
- Benedicta Henrietta of the PalatinateGerman princess1652–1730
- Benedita da SilvaBrazilian politicianborn 1943
- Benedita Barata da RochaPortuguese immunologist (1949–2021)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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