Bennett

Where Bennett comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Bennett.

  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
Bennett through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #465 among boys, with 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, the most in any year.
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.