Benoît
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Benoît is a very common Catholic French male given name, as well as family name. It is sometimes spelled Benoit or, less frequently, Benoist.
Pronounced /bɛn.wæ/, the name is rooted in the French word benit which means blessed. Benoit is also a common surname, often pronounced by English speakers as /bɛn.ɔɪ.ɪt/ or /bɛn.ɔɪt/.
The female form of the name is Benoîte, or Bénédicte.
Benoit in other languages
- Benedict, in English
- Benito, Benedicto, in Spanish
- Bento, Benedito, in Portuguese
- Benetto, Benedettino, in Italian
- Benedikt, in German
- Benedictus, in Latin
Benoit as a given name
- Benoit Benjamin, former American professional basketball player
- Benoît Bouchard, Canadian public official and former politician
- Benoit Brunet, retired hockey player
- Benoît Jacquot, French film director
- Benoit Hogue, retired hockey player
- Benoît Magimel, French actor
- Benoît Mandelbrot, the "father of fractal geometry"
- Benoît Pedretti, football player.
- Benoît Poelvoorde, Belgian actor
- Benoît Sokal, Belgian comic artist and video game developer
- Benoît Tremblay, former member of the Canadian House of Commons
- Benoît de Sainte-Maure, medieval French poet
Benoit as a family name
- Avril Benoît, broadcast journalist
- Brian Benoit, metal-core guitarist
- Chris Benoit, professional wrestler involved in double murder/suicide
- David Benoit (basketball) NBA Basketball player
- David Benoit (musician), jazz fusion pianist
- Joan Benoit, first women's Olympic marathon champion
- Joaquin Benoit, pitcher for the Texas Rangers
- John J. Benoit, American politician
- Leon Benoit, Canadian politician
- Maurice Benoit ("Moe"), professional hockey player
- Nancy Benoit, professional wrestler and wife and murder victim of Chris Benoit
- Peter Benoit, Belgian composer
- Pierre Basile Benoit, Quebec farmer and political figure
- Pierre Benoit (novelist)
- Pierre Benoit (Ontario politician), former mayor of Ottawa
- Tab Benoit, blues guitarist