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[ 2 syll. ben-net(t), be-nne-tt ] The boy name Bennett is pronounced as BEHNahT †. Bennett is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is Latin. This was a usual medieval form of Benedict. It was later also used as a surname. The first name today usually represents a transferred use of the surname, although the medieval given name has also been directly revived. Bennett is a variant of the name Benedict (English). The name Bennette is a variant of Bennett. Other forms of Bennett include the short form Ben (Dutch and English), the pet form Benny (English), and the variant spellings Benet (Catalan and English), Benett (English), and Bennet (English). Bennett is a fairly popular baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1970s. At the modest height of its usage in 2008, 0.040% of baby boys were given the name Bennett. It ranked at #361 then. Within all boy names in its group, Bennett was the most popular in 2008. Bennett was twice as popular as the subsequent ranked name, Ben, in that year. Baby names that sound like Bennett include Bennet (English), Bennot, Bandee, Bandhu, Bandi (Czech and Hungarian), Bandu, Bandy, Bendict (English), Benneit (Scottish), Bennette, Benoit (French and English), Benoît (French), Bento (Portuguese and Spanish), Bendito (Spanish), Benditto (Spanish), Bendt (Scandinavian), Benedo (Russian), Benet (Catalan and English), Benett (English), and Benito (Italian and Spanish). A famous person named Bennett is Bennett Miller, Filmmaker, born 30 December 1966, New York, New York.
† Pronunciation for Bennett: 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)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"   |
