"Bengt" meaning in Swedish

See Bengt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Bengt.wav Forms: Bengts [genitive]
Etymology: Contraction of Late Latin Benedictus. First recorded in Sweden as Benkt in 1364. Cognate with Danish Bent and English Bennett. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|la-lat|Benedictus}} Late Latin Benedictus, {{cog|da|Bent}} Danish Bent, {{cog|en|Bennett}} English Bennett Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Bengts|g=c|head=}} Bengt c (genitive Bengts), {{sv-proper noun|c}} Bengt c (genitive Bengts)
  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict Tags: common-gender Related terms: Bengtsson [surname]

Inflected forms

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