Bennet
[ˈbɛnɪt]Meaning
English surname and given name, from the medieval personal name Benedict
Background Story
Bennet is an English surname and, less commonly, a given name, an Anglo-Norman name with Norman roots that comes from the medieval personal name Benedict, from the Latin Benedictus, "blessed". The Latin form was found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French Beneit and Benoit, and the name is a doublet of Benoit and Benito. User-submitted entries record it as a given name in modern German and in medieval English.
Variations
Bennett, Benet, Benedict
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