Benedito
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Benedito is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. In Mozambique it is the 21st most common given name. Recorded meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict.
- BRBrazil1 in 1.4K(measured from records)
- MZMozambique≈1 in 1.9K
- AOAngola≈1 in 6.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 161 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
152,493 people, 2022
Highest-authority source
Brazil
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Benedito 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | #107 | 152,493 | 1 in 1.4K | 214K | Benedito | 161 |
| MZ Mozambique | #21 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | 1 | Benedito | 22 |
| AO Angola | #199 | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 6.4K | — | Benedito | 26 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 129K | — | Benedito | 12 |
| PT Portugal | — | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 61K | listed | Benedito | 49 |
152,493 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. 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: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); the portuguese-names-barbosa-1990 register; Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Benedito Calixtob. 1853BRBrazilian artist (1853-1927)
- Belmonteb. 1896BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian painter, caricaturist, cartoonist, chronicler, and illustrator (1896-1947)
- Benedito Lacerdab. 1903BRBrazilian composer (1903–1958)
- Geraldo Ferrazb. 1905BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian journalist
- Benedito Domingos Vito Cosciab. 1922USBrazilian Roman Catholic bishop (1922–2008)
- Benedito Nunesb. 1929BRPhilosopher, critic (1929-2011)
- Benedito Ruy Barbosab. 1931BRBrazilian screenwriter and author (1931–2026)
- Benedito Robertob. 1946PTPortuguese archbishop (1946-2020)
- Assisb. 1952BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian footballer and manager (1952–2014)
- Benedito Roberto Alvesb. 1960BRBrazilian politician
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 214K | #242 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 213K | #72 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 152K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2020 | 152K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 152K | #223 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2010 | 151K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2000 | 149K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1990 | 144K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1980 | 133K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1970 | 114K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1960 | 77K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1950 | 43K | — |
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 Benedito mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Benedito a male or female name?
- Benedito 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 Benedito?
- In the etymology graph, Benny, Bennie and Benedikt are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Benedito have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 152 thousand people named Benedito, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled benedito.
- Where is Benedito most common?
- Benedito is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.4 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Benedito?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 152,493 people named Benedito in 2022, about 1 in 1.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Benedito compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Benedito is the 107th most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Benedito?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/beneditoThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Benedito” — the 107th most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.