🔥Bennett

English medieval form of Benedict, Latin

"blessed"

Bennett Origin and Meaning

The name Bennett is a boy's name of English origin meaning "blessed".

Bennett is Ben with a bow tie, kind of a cross between Benjamin and Beckett. It's been trending up on the popularity charts in recent years, and its choice by The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Jane Krakowski could shoot it even higher.

Bennett Cerf was an eminent publisher--one of the founders of Random House--and renowned punster.

Bennett is a popular surname, and has many noteworthy bearers, from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice family (with one 't') to indomitable singer Tony. Bennett has been used as a surname in England since the early thirteenth century.

Bennett Rank in US Top 1000

# 74 in the US

Bennett Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 87 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Bennett

• 74 US 2023
• 87 Nameberry 2025
• 49 Canada 2023
• 60 Future 2035

20 Names Similar to Bennett

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Bennett.

• Graham
• Nolan
• Beckett
• Holden
• Wyatt
• Emmett
• Emerson
• Rhett
• Elliott
• Reid
• Declan
• Wesley
• Lincoln
• Harrison
• Everett
• Weston
• Hudson
• Sawyer
• Flynn
• Cohen

Famous People Named Bennett

• Bennett Joseph "Ben" Savage American actor
• Bennett Miller American film director
• Bennett Alfred Cerf American publisher and TV personality
• (William) Bennett Campbell Canadian politician, 24th Premier of Prince Edward Island
• Bennett "Ben" Cohen American co,founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
• Bennett McVey Stewart U.S. Congressman from Illinois
• Bennett Lester "Benny" Carter American jazz musician
• Bennett C. Greenspan American genetics entrepreneur
• Bennett Nāmākēhā Hawaiian high chief, husband of Queen Kapi'olani
• Bennett Derwin Fisher (b. 2010) son of singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson and Matt Fisher
• Bennett Robert Godley (b. 2011) son of actress Jane Krakowski and designer Robert Godley
• Bennett Armistead Schauer (b. 2014) son of actress Laura Linney
• Parson Bennett Ackley (b. 2015) son of baseball player Dustin Ackley

The name Bennett in Pop Culture

• Bennett character in novel "The One Apart" by author Justine Avery
• Bennett Halverson female character on TV's Dollhouse