Benoît

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
Benedetto, 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, 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