Given name & surname · also Late Latin
Benedykt
“well”·“to speak”
Benedykt is a masculine given name from Late Latin, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Polish.
Original LatinBenedictus
Meaning & origin
What it means
Benedykt is built from elements meaning “well” and “to speak”.
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Where it comes from
Benedykt comes from Late Latin, and ultimately from Latin.
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How it developed
From Late Latin benedictus, from Latin benedīcō, built from Latin bene (“well”) + dīcō (“to speak”).
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Benedykt’s family of names
In Polish usage, Benedykt has a diminutive in BENEK. Benedykt shares a linguistic root with Benedict. In Polish usage, Benedykt has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Benedicto.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Benedykt has relatives in 14 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Benedykt comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
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 37
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- BenedictusLatin
- Bennettequivalent
- Benedictcognate · English, Swedish
- Benequivalent
- Benitoequivalent
- Bennetequivalent
- Baruchequivalent
- Bentoequivalent
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- BenedettoItalian
- BenoitFrench
- Barakequivalent
- Bennoequivalent
- Barackequivalent
- BenedictoSpanish
- Bengtequivalent
- Benedekequivalent
- Benzequivalent
- BenediktGerman, Swedish
- Benoequivalent
- Bentequivalent
- Beneditoequivalent
- Bénédictequivalent
- Bendixequivalent
- Bendikequivalent
- Bendichtequivalent
- Benonequivalent
- Venediktequivalent
- Bieitoequivalent
- Венядзіктcognate · Belarusian
- ΒενέδικτοςGreek
- Benedyktafeminine form · Polish
- BenoîtFrench
- Binidittuequivalent
- Beneadequivalent
- ВенедиктRussian
- БенедиктRussian
- BenediktoEsperanto
People named Benedykt
- Benedykt DybowskiPolish physician and naturalist (1833-1930)
- Benedykt KocotPolish cyclistborn 1954
- Bengt Erland FogelbergSwedish sculptor (1786–1854)
- Benedykt ChmielowskiPolish priest and encyclopedist (1700-1763)
- Benedykt Paweł Sapiehamilitary personnel, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth1643–1707
- Benedict Herbest1531–1593
- Benedykt Woyna1550–1615
- Benedykt Henryk TyszkiewiczPolish photographer1852–1935
- Benedict Poleakov1884–1963
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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