Benedita

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Benedita

Say it: beh-neh-DZEE-tah

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Meaning

Portuguese feminine of Bento, from Latin benedicta 'blessed'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Blessed

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Brazilian Portuguese

The family of the name

Spanish	Benita
Italian	Benedetta

Famous bearers

Benedita da Silva, Brazilian politician

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Where this comes from

National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
Parish baptism registers

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