Bennett

Where Bennett comes from

The dictionaries list Bennett as a given name — a male given name from Latin transferred back from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #465 among boys — 15 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1890
    Bennett Champ Clark born
    American judge and politician
  3. 1966
    Bennett Miller born
    film director, film producer
  4. 2025
    Peak, #40
    6,268 babies named Bennett — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Latin transferred back from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Bennett Miller · film director, film producer, born 1966
  • Bennett Champ Clark · American judge and politician, 1890–1954
  • Bennett Foddy · Australian video game developer and philosopher, born 1978
  • Bennett C. Riley · United States Army general and politician, 1790–1853
  • Bennett Griffin · American aviator, 1895–1978

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.