Benediktas
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bʲɛnʲɛdʲjktɐs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Benediktas is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country.
- ISIceland1 in 175K(measured from records)
- DKDenmark1 in 838K
- SESweden1 in 1.3M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Benediktas itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Sweden (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 18 (measured from records)
- 1 in 175K (inferred from the name graph)
8 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Iceland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Бенедиктас in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Benediktas counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | 8 | 1 in 1.3M | 8 | — | — |
| DK Denmark | 7 | 1 in 838K | 7 | — | — |
| KZ Kazakhstan | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 6.3M | — | Бенедиктас | 6 |
| RU Russia | ≈2 est. | ≈1 in 59M | — | Бенедиктас | 18 |
| IS Iceland | 2 | 1 in 175K | 2 | — | — |
8 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Benedykt Tyszkiewiczb. 1849not in their usual name1849 - 1939
- Benediktas Andriuškab. 1884LTLithuanian translator
- Benediktas Rutkūnasb. 1907LTLithuanian writer
- Benediktas Babrauskasb. 1910LTLithuanian writer (1910-1968)
- Benediktas Labėnasb. 1918LTLithuanian writer
- Benediktas Juodkab. 1943LTLithuanian biochemist and politician
- Benediktas Vilmantas Rupeikab. 1944LTSigned the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
- Benediktas Petrauskasb. 1955LTLithuanian university teacher
- Benediktas Kalnačasb. 1965LVLatvian scientist
- Benediktas Vanagasb. 1977LTLithuanian racing driver
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 8 | #39,777 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 7 | #8,496 |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 2 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Benediktas mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Benediktas?
- A machine transcription gives /bʲɛnʲɛdʲjktɐs/ (IPA) for Lithuanian.
- Is Benediktas a male or female name?
- Benediktas is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Benediktas?
- In the etymology graph, Benedito, Benny and Bennie are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Benediktas have the most bearers?
- In Sweden, the national register counted about 8 people named Benediktas, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Benediktas most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Benediktas is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 175 thousand people — even though Sweden holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Benediktas?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 8 people named Benediktas, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
What do you want to know about Benediktas?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/benediktasThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Benediktas”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.