Benedita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- beh-neh-DEE-tah
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
Benedita is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “blessed”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies).
What does Benedita mean?
Latin: Portuguese form of Benedicta
“blessed”
The feminine of Benedito (Benedict), from Latin benedictus, 'blessed'.
Is Benedita a girl's or a boy's name?
Benedita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Benedita in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Benedita, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 11 girls.
2025 had more girls named Benedita than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Benedita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Benedita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
Names like Benedita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aurora, Nova, Nora, Rosa, Arabella, Clara, Luna, Eliana, Alba, Maeva, Cecilia, Flora
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Lucy, Julian, Anthony, Austin, Felix, Camila
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Benedita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/benedita, updated 20 October 2026.