Benito

Benito is a male given name and family name .

Origin and meaning

The name is of Spanish origin and means "the blessed" (cf. Benedict ).

Name bearer

First name

• Benito Berlín (* 1932), Mexican ambassador
• Benito Bonetti , former Swiss ski jumper
• Benito Cocchi (1934–2016), Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola
• Benito Contreras (1905–1972), Mexican soccer player
• Benito Corghi (1938–1976), Italian truck driver, killed on the inner-German border
• Benito Floro (* 1952), Spanish football coach
• Benito Gonzalez (* ≈1975), American jazz musician
• Benito Jacovitti (1923–1997), Italian comic artist and children's book illustrator
• Benito Juárez (1806–1872), President of Mexico
• Benito Legarda (1853-1915), Filipino politician
• Benito Lertxundi (* 1942), Basque singer, songwriter and guitarist
• Benito Lorenzi (1925–2007), nicknamed "Veleno" (poison), Italian football player
• Benito Loygorri (1885–1976), engineer, pilot and pioneer in Spanish aviation history
• Benito Lynch (1885–1951), Argentine writer
• Benito Martinez (* 1971), American actor
• Benito Mussolini (1883–1945), Italian dictator
• Benito Pacifico (1939–2008), Italian actor and stunt performer
• Benito Pardo , former Spanish-Mexican soccer player
• Benito Pérez Brito (1747–1813), Spanish officer and colonial administrator
• Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920), Spanish writer
• Benito Quinquela Martín (1890–1977), Argentine painter
• Benito Raman (* 1994), Belgian football player
• Benito Rebolledo (1880–1964), Chilean painter
• Benito Sanz y Fores (1828–1895), Spanish cardinal and bishop
• Benito Stanislao Andreotti OSB (1924-2003), Abbot of the Territorial Abbey of Subiaco
• Benito Stefanelli (1929–1999), Italian actor and stunt man
• Benito van de Pas (* 1993), Dutch darts player
• Benito Wogatzki (1932-2016), German writer
• Benito Zambrano (* 1965), Spanish director

family name

• Alberto Benito (* 1975), Spanish cyclist
• Elizabeth Odio Benito (* 1939), Costa Rican lawyer
• Gregorio Benito (1946-2020), Spanish football player
• Ivan Benito (* 1976), Swiss-Spanish soccer player
• Loris Benito (* 1992), Swiss football player
• Marie Benito (* 1965), marathon runner from Guam
• Samuel Benito (* 2000), German actor
• Teófilo Benito (1966–2004), Spanish athlete

stage name

• Benito Bonito or "the bloody sword", Spanish pirate (1818–1821, treasure hiding place on Coconut Island ), civil: Dominico or Dom Pedro Bonito

Others

• Benito (California) , village in Fresno County , California, USA
• Benito, Kentucky , village in Harlan County, Kentucky , USA
• Río Benito in Equatorial Guinea, today Mbini (river)
• San Benito River , river on the California coast

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Josep M. Albaigès, JMA Olivart: Diccionario de nombres de personas . Universitat de Barcelona, ​​1993, ISBN 978-84-475-0264-6 , pp. 57 (Spanish, full text in Google Book Search).