| [ 2 syll. ben-net(t), be-nne-tt ] The boy name Bennett is pronounced as BEHNahT KEY. Bennett is used predominantly in the English language and its origin is Latin. Forms of Bennett include the short form Ben (Dutch and English), and the variant spellings Benet (Catalan), Benett (English), and Bennet (English). Bennett is a variant of the name Benedict (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 2007, 0.037% of baby boys were given the name Bennett. It ranked at #372 then. Within all boy names in its group, Bennett was the most popular in 2007. Bennett was twice as popular as the subsequent ranked name, Ben (Dutch and English), in that year. Baby names that sound like Bennett include Bennet (English), Bendict (English), Benneit (Scottish), Benoît (French), Bento (Portuguese), Bendt (Scandinavian), Benet (Catalan), Benett (English), Benito (Italian and Spanish), Bent (Scandinavian), Benedetto (Italian), and Benedito (Portuguese). KEY: 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)"
A famous person named Bennett is Bennett Miller, Filmmaker, born 30 December 1966, New York, New York. |