Bennett is the medieval form of the name Benedict, which is derived from the Late Latin name Benedictus, meaning "blessed." It was the name of an Italian Catholic monk, Saint Benedict, who was declared a patron saint of Europe in 1964. Though popular in the 1900s, its use skyrocketed in the 2000s and cracked the top 200 for the first time in 2013, per the Social Security Administration, before settling in the top 100 between 20201 and 2023. It's the name actress Laura Linney gave her son, born in 2014, and the name singer-actress Jane Krakowski gave her son, born in 2011. It's also the middle name of actress Mandy Moore's son, Oscar Bennett, born in 2022.
