Meaning of the nameBenedita

Female
Latin origin
Be-ne-di-ta

Benedita is a female name of Latin origin, the feminine of Benedito, from the Latin Benedictus, 'blessed'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Benedito, 'blessed'”

People (2022): 92,120
Rank in Brazil: #342
Median age: 66 years
2010 Census: 128,850; people

Benedita in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Benedita, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (26,443 people).

91,595 women 525 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Benedita is most common

States with the highest share of people named Benedita in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Amapá 0.165%
Pará 0.110%
Alagoas 0.106%
Mato Grosso 0.090%
São Paulo 0.078%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	34,419	0.078%
Pará	8,938	0.110%
Minas Gerais	6,751	0.033%
Ceará	5,809	0.066%
Paraná	4,547	0.040%
Maranhão	4,116	0.061%
Bahia	3,350	0.024%
Alagoas	3,327	0.106%
Mato Grosso	3,286	0.090%
Goiás	2,927	0.042%
Rio de Janeiro	2,897	0.018%
Pernambuco	2,307	0.026%
Paraíba	1,318	0.033%
Piauí	1,285	0.039%
Amapá	1,213	0.165%
Espírito Santo	1,035	0.027%
Rio Grande do Norte	914	0.028%
Mato Grosso do Sul	782	0.028%
Amazonas	730	0.019%
Distrito Federal	684	0.024%
Rondônia	379	0.024%
Santa Catarina	299	0.004%
Tocantins	224	0.015%
Sergipe	201	0.009%
Acre	200	0.024%
Rio Grande do Sul	94	0.001%
Roraima	88	0.014%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Benedita

Wiktionary records Benedita as the feminine of Benedito, a name inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Benedito, a learned borrowing of the Latin Benedictus and a divergent form of Bento. Behind the Name presents Benedicta as the feminine of Benedictus and lists Benedita as a Portuguese form; in the entry for Benedict, it explains that Benedictus means 'blessed' and derives from benedico, 'to speak well of, to praise'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Benidita as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 92,120 people named Benedita, with a median age of 66; proportionally, it is most common in Amapá.

Sources

Behind the Name: Benedicta · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Benedict · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Benedito · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Benedita · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Benedita

What does the name Benedita mean?

Benedita means “feminine form of Benedito, 'blessed'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Benedita in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 92,120 people with the first name Benedita, which ranks it number 342 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Benedita a boy's or a girl's name?

Benedita is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 91,595 women and 525 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Benedita?

Benedita is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Benedita most common?

Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.165% of the state's population is named Benedita (1,213 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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