Bengt
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Norwegian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Swedish Bengt. Recorded in Norway since the 14th century.
Proper noun[edit]
Bengt
- a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict
Related terms[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Contraction of Late Latin Benedictus. First recorded in Sweden as Benkt in 1364. Cognate with Danish Bent and English Bennett.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Bengt c (genitive Bengts)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict
Related terms[edit]
- (surnames) Bengtsson
References[edit]
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 99 785 males with the given name Bengt living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.