Benedict (surname) explained
| Benedict |
| Language origin: | Latin |
| Meaning: | "Blessed" |
| Variant: | Bennett, Benoit |
Benedict is a patronymic surname, referring to the given name Benedict, which comes from the Latin word meaning "blessed". The name was popularized by Saint Benedict of Nursia, the founder of the Order of Saint Benedict and thereby of Western Monasticism (Benedictine).
People with the surname Benedict
- Bertram Benedict (c. 1892–1978), American author and editor
- Brooks Benedict (1896–1968), American actor of the silent and sound film era
- Bruce Benedict (born 1955), American former professional baseball player, coach and scout
- Burton Benedict (1923–2010), American anthropologist
- Charles Benedict (disambiguation), multiple people
- Cleve Benedict (born 1935), U.S. Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1981–1983
- Clare Benedict (1870–1961), American author
- Clint Benedict (1892–1976), Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender
- Dirk Benedict (pseudonym, born 1945), American actor
- Ed Benedict (1912–2006), American animator and layout artist
- Emma Lee Benedict (1857–1937), American editor, educator, author
- Erastus C. Benedict (1800–1880), New York politician
- George G. Benedict (1826–1907), Vermont newspaper editor and Medal of Honor recipient
- Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921), American poet and writer
- Heath Benedict (1983–2008), American football player
- Jacques Benedict (1879–1948), American architect
- Jim Benedict (born 1961), American baseball executive
- John Benedict (1649–1729), member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk
- Sir Julius Benedict (1804–1885), English composer and conductor
- Moby Benedict (born 1935), American baseball player and coach
- Nex Benedict (2008–2024), American non-binary student
- Paul Benedict (1938–2008), American actor
- Paul K. Benedict (1912–1997), American psychiatrist and linguist
- Pinckney Benedict (born 1964), Writer of Appalachian fiction
- Richard Benedict (1920–1984), Italian-born television and film actor and director
- Rob Benedict (born 1970), American stage and screen actor
- Ruth Benedict (1887–1948), American anthropologist
- Ruth Sarles Benedict (1906–1996), American anti-war activist, researcher and journalist
- Stanley Rossiter Benedict (1884–1936), American chemist who invented Benedict's reagent, a test for reducing sugars
- Suzanne Leta Benedict (born 1988), American Veterinarian
- Thomas Benedict (1617–1689), early settler in colonial New York, and Connecticut; member of the General Court of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk (1670, 1675)
- Thomas Benedict (II) (1682–1763), member of the Connecticut House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk (1737, 1740, and 1744)
- William Benedict (1917–1999), actor
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