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Benedict is a widely used name; it has 36 variants that are used in both English and other languages. Variants of Benedict used in English include Bendick, Bendict, Benedick, Benett, Bennet, and Bennett. The short form Ben (used in Dutch and as well), and the pet forms Bennie and Benny are other English variants. Foreign variants of Benedict include Bendik (Scandinavian), Bendiks (Latvian), Bendt (Scandinavian), Benedek (Hungarian), Benedetto (Italian), Benedicto (Spanish), Benedik (Hungarian), Benedikt (Dutch, German, and Russian), Benedikte (German), Benedito (Portuguese), Benedykt (Polish), Benes (Czech), Benesh (Yiddish), Benet (Catalan), Bengt (Scandinavian), Benito (Italian and Spanish), Benneit (Scottish), Benoît (French), Bent (Scandinavian), Bento (Portuguese), Beynish (Hebrew and Yiddish), Bénézet (Provençal), Bieito (Galician), Penekiko (Hawaiian), Pentti (Finnish), and Venedikt (Russian). Another foreign variant is the pet form Benno (German). See also the related form, Benson (English). Benedict is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1914, 0.017% of baby boys were given the name Benedict. Its ranking then was #446. The baby name has since markedly fallen in popularity, and is currently of infrequent use. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Benedict, Bennett (English) was the most regularly used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Benedict include Benedikt (Dutch, German, and Russian), Benedikte (German), Benedykt (Polish), and Benedicto (Spanish). KEY: Pronunciation for Benedict: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" A famous person named Benedict is Benedict XVI, Religious Figure, born Joseph Ratzinger, 16 April 1927, Marktl Am Inn, Bavaria, Germany.
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