Benedict Family History
Benedict Name Meaning
English and Dutch: from the medieval personal name Benedict
(Latin Benedictus meaning ‘blessed’). This owed its popularity
in the Middle Ages chiefly to St. Benedict of Norcia
(c.480–550), who founded the Benedictine order of monks at
Monte Cassino and wrote a monastic rule that formed a model for all
subsequent rules. No doubt the meaning of the Latin word also
contributed to its popularity as a personal name, especially in
Romance countries.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Benedict Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Benedict families
 14 - 26  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Benedict Family Origin
Benedict Emigration Information (US)
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Benedict Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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