Given name
Bengt
“one who is blessed”
Bengt is a variant of Benedict. One Latin interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bengt is a variant of Benedict. One Latin interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bengt is a variant of Benedict. An origin associated with Benedict is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bengt through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 6 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 1973. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 317 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.
Bengt’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Bengt shares a linguistic root with the English form Bennett. Bengt has a related form in Benedict. Bengt shares a linguistic root with Benedict.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bengt has relatives in 5 languages.
7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 30
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Bennettcognate · English
- Benequivalent
- Benitoequivalent
- Bennetequivalent
- Baruchequivalent
- BentoPortuguese
- Benoitequivalent
- Benedettoequivalent
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- Barakequivalent
- Bennoequivalent
- Barackequivalent
- Benedictoequivalent
- Benedekequivalent
- Benzequivalent
- Benediktequivalent
- Benoequivalent
- Bénédictequivalent
- Bendixequivalent
- Bendikequivalent
- Bendichtequivalent
- Benonequivalent
- BeneditoPortuguese
- BenoîtFrench
- Pentticognate · Finnish
- Bentcognate · Danish
- Benediktoequivalent
- Binidittuequivalent
- Benedictusequivalent
- Beneadequivalent
- Benedyktequivalent
People named Bengt
- Bengt HolmströmFinnish economist and Nobel laureateborn 1949
- Bengt I. SamuelssonSwedish biochemist1934–2024
- Sebastian LarssonSwedish association football playerborn 1985
- Bengt StrömgrenDanish astronomer (1908-1987)
- Bengt GustavssonSwedish footballer (1928-2017)
- Egon JönssonSwedish footballer (1921–2000)
- Bengt EkerotSwedish actor and director (1920–1971)
- Bengt BerndtssonSwedish footballer (1933-2015)
- Bengt DanielssonSwedish ethnographer and anthropologist (1921–1997)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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If you love Bengt, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“a warrior; having battle glory”
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Esequiel
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Toussaint
“all saints”
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