- From Saint Benedictus
- Means “blessed”
- Variant of the name Benedict
- Also may be spelled Bennet
- Often abbreviated to the nickname Ben
The text below is excerpted with permission from the book The Encyclopedia of American Last Names: Family Genealogy and Meanings for 1000 Surnames of Early European Settlers to the United States.
History of the name Bennett
Bennet and Bennett are from the Latin first name Benedictus.
That was the name of a saint who founded the Benedictus order of monks about the year 529 — an order that became popular throughout Europe, thus spreading the name of its founder.
