Bennet

BEN-it

A traditional English form of Benedict, meaning “blessed.”

Meaning

Bennet is an English name associated with Benedict and the Latin benedictus, meaning “blessed.” The excerpts show it as an English form of Benedict and also note its long use in England as a baptismal name. In some historical sources, Bennet also appears as a shortened form linked to the feminine Benedicta.

Origin

Fun fact

One 19th-century source notes that Bennet had been known in London for about three hundred years as a form of Benedict.

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Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland, Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature, A list of Christian names, their derivatives, nicknames and equivalents in several languages.

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