Benediction

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service)

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Benediction is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 333K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States≈1 in 109M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Africa (inferred from the name graph)

≈170 people, est.

Sources
7 (measured from records)

Reference-verified

≈1 in 333K (inferred from the name graph)

South Africa, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service).

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Benediction 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.

Where Benediction is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZA South Africa≈170 est.≈1 in 333KBenediction6
US United States≈3 est.≈1 in 109MBenediction6

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.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Benediction is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Swahili given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa, Congo - Kinshasa, United States

    Also written Bènèdiction, Bénédiction

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bénédiction

15 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Benediction under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Benediction mean, and where does it come from?
A short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Benediction a male or female name?
Benediction is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Benediction have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 170 people named Benediction in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled benediction.
How common is the name Benediction?
Mondonomo estimates about 170 people in South Africa have Benediction as their first given name, about 1 in 333 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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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, “Benediction”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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