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Bengt
Bengt
Swedish
Etymology
Contraction of Latin Benedictus. First recorded in Sweden as Benkt in 1364. Cognate with Danish Bent and English Benedict, Bennett.
Proper noun
Bengt
- A male given name.
Related terms
- (surnames) Bengtsson
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 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.