Benito - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 3 syll. be-ni-to, ben-ito ] The boy name Benito is pronounced as BehNIYTow or BahNIYTow ^KEY. Benito is primarily used in Italian and Spanish, and it is of Latin origin. Benito is a variation of the English name Benedict.

Benito is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1929, 0.012% of baby boys were named Benito. It ranked at #515 then. The baby name has since dropped out of favor, and is now of sporadic use. Within all boy names in its group, Benito was nevertheless the most popular in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Benito include the English Bendict, the Italian Benedetto, the Portuguese Benedito, the Scottish Benneit, the English Bennet, the English Bennett, the French Benoît, the Portuguese Bento, the Scandinavian Bendt, the Catalan Benet, the English Benett, and the Scandinavian Bent.

^KEY: English pronunciation for Benito: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"

Details of famous persons named Benito:
Politician Benito Mussolini, born 29 July 1883 - 28 April 1945, Predappio, Italy.
President of Mexico Benito Ju�rez, born 21 March 1806 - 17 July 1872, San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Variant Popularity Chart
for Benito
in 2007