Bengt
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.