Given name & surname
Bento
“one who is blessed”
Bento is a form of Benedict. One Latin interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bento is a form of Benedict. One Latin interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bento is a form of Benedict. An origin associated with Benedict is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Old Galician-Portuguese Bẽeito, from Late Latin Benedictus, from Latin benedicō.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bento through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 170
- 170 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #3,589 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +83%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,589 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 83.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 191 as a first name in 2020; 1,689 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.
Bento’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Bento shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Benito. Bento is a form of Benedict. In Portuguese usage, Bento has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Benito.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bento has relatives in 39 languages.
35 related names in 39 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 44
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Bennettequivalent
- Benedictcognate · English, Romanian
- Benequivalent
- Benitocognate · Spanish, Italian
- Bennetequivalent
- Baruchequivalent
- Benedettocognate · Italian, Neapolitan
- Barakequivalent
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- Bennoequivalent
- BenedictoSpanish, cbk-zam
- Benzequivalent
- Benoequivalent
- BengtSwedish
- Benediktnov, Icelandic
- BenedekHungarian
- BenetCatalan
- Benoîtcognate · French
- Bieitocognate · Galician
- Beneditodoublet · Portuguese, Galician
- Benedyktequivalent
- Bendixequivalent
- BenedetoVenetian
- Benedìtteroa-tara
- BinidittuSicilian
- ВенедиктRussian
- BendikNorwegian Bokmål
- Bénédictroa-nor
- Beneîtroa-nor
- BenesetOccitan
- BenedictusLatin
- BenwaHaitian Creole
- ΒενέδικτοςGreek
- BenedetFriulian, Aragonese
- Benêtfrp
- BénézetFrench
- PenttiFinnish
- Benedituext
- BenediktoEsperanto, Slovene
- BentDanish
- BenedigBreton
- BenedictuAsturian, rup
- ԲենեդիկտոսArmenian
- Binidiktuay
- Benditodoublet · Portuguese
People named Bento
- BentoBrazilian footballerborn 1999
- Bento de GóisPortuguese explorer and missionary1562–1607
- Bento Gonçalves da SilvaBrazilian politician1788–1847
- Bento António GonçalvesPortuguese politician (1902-1942)
- Bento Manuel RibeiroMarshal of Brazil1783–1855
- Bento de Jesus CaraçaPortuguese politician (1901-1948)
- Bento Costa LimaBrazilian politicianborn 1958
- Bento TeixeiraPortuguese writer1561–1618
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