Bennett (name)

Bennett (also spelled 'Bennet') is an English language surname and, less commonly given name; related to the medieval name Benedict, both ultimately from Latin Benedictus "blessed". Bennett is the English spelling of the Anglo-Norman name Ben[n]et (Modern French first name Benoît, surname Bénet[1]). The oldest public record of the surname is dated 1208 in County Durham.[2] §

Bennett
Pronunciation/ˈbɛnɪt/
Origin
Language(s)Anglo-Norman, Old French
Meaning"blessed"
Region of originEngland
Other names
Variant form(s)Benedict, Benoît, Bénet

People

Given name

People with the given name include:

  • Bennett Carter (Benny Carter) (1907–2003), jazz saxophonist, arranger, and composer
  • Bennett Cerf (1898–1971), publisher and founder of American publishing firm Random House
  • Bennett (Ben) Cohen (Ben Cohen), American businessman and cofounder of Ben & Jerry's
  • Bennett Foddy (born 1978), game designer and philosopher
  • Bennett Jackson (born 1991), American football player
  • Bennett Malone (1944–2017), American politician
  • Bennett Miller (born 1966), American film director
  • Bennet Omalu (born 1968), Nigeria-born American pathologist
  • Bennett Joseph Savage (born 1980), American actor

Surname

People with the surname include:

Fictional characters
  • Annie Bennett-Warbucks, protagonist and title character from the Annie musical and film adaptations
  • Bonnie Sheila Bennett (of the family line of Bennett witches), a character in The Vampire Diaries
  • Capt. Bennett, a character portrayed by Vernon Wells in the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Commando (1985)
  • Cybil Bennett, a character in the Silent Hill series
  • Dexter Bennett, a character of the fictional New York City tabloid newspaper Daily Bugle
  • Emily Bennett, a character in The Vampire Diaries
  • Emily Bennett, a character in the American Girl series of dolls and books
  • John Bennett, a character in Orange Is the New Black
  • Sheila Bennett, a character in The Vampire Diaries
  • The Bennet family, a family of characters in Pride and Prejudice
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References
  1. Albert Dauzat, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980, édition revue et augmentée par Marie-Thérèse Morlet, p. 36b.
  2. "Surname: Bennett". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-05-12.
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