Benedictus
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Latin 'the blessed'; source of many German surname forms
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bənədˈit͡ʃtus/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Benedictus is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 8.7K(measured from records)
- FIFinland1 in 507K
- SESweden1 in 567K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 14 (measured from records)
- 1 in 8.7K (inferred from the name graph)
1,983 people
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Latin 'the blessed'; source of many German surname forms
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Benedictus counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
1,983 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Benedictus is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, The Gospel canticle of Zechariah (Luke 1:68–79), with the incipit Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel (“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel”).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, section of the Mass; pers. name,
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In German, from Latin benedictus 'blessed'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, patronymische Familiennamen zu Rufname Benedictus (Benedikt).
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In Latin, a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Benedict Ib. 525ITnot in their usual namepope
- Benedict IIb. 635ITnot in their usual namepope
- Benedict IIIb. 810ITnot in their usual namepope (810-858)
- Benedict XIb. 1240ITnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1303 to 1304
- papa Benedetto XIIb. 1280FRnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church 1334–1342
- Benedictus XIIIb. 1649ITpope of the Catholic Church from 1724 to 1730
- Benedictus XIVb. 1675ITpope of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758
- Benedict XVb. 1854ITnot in their usual namePope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922
- Benedict XVIb. 1927DEnot in their usual name265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
- Benedictus IXITPope of the Catholic Church
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 2K | #692 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 687 | #2,619 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 40 | #7,504 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 40 | #7,477 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 28 | #12,009 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 18 | #26,595 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 11 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #22,694 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 3 | #23,860 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Benedictus mean, and where does it come from?
- Latin 'the blessed'; source of many German surname forms Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Benedictus?
- A machine transcription gives /bənədˈit͡ʃtus/ (IPA) for Indonesian.
- Is Benedictus a male or female name?
- Benedictus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Benedictus?
- In the etymology graph, Benedito, Benny and Bennie are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Benedictus have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 2.0 thousand people named Benedictus, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled benedictus.
- Where is Benedictus most common?
- Benedictus is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 8.7 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Benedictus?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 1,983 people named Benedictus, about 1 in 8.7 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Benedictus?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/benedictusThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Benedictus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.