Benoît is a very common Catholic French male given name, as well as family name. It is sometimes spelled Benoit or, less frequently, Benoist.

Pronounced /bɛn.wæ/, the name is rooted in the French word benit which means blessed. Benoit is also a common surname, often pronounced by English speakers as /bɛn.ɔɪ.ɪt/ or /bɛn.ɔɪt/.

The female form of the name is Benoîte, or Bénédicte.

Benoit in other languages

• Benedict, in English
• Benito, Benedicto, in Spanish
• Bento, Benedito, in Portuguese
• Benetto, Benedettino, in Italian
• Benedikt, in German
• Benedictus, in Latin

Benoit as a given name

• Benoit Benjamin, former American professional basketball player
• Benoît Bouchard, Canadian public official and former politician
• Benoit Brunet, retired hockey player
• Benoît Jacquot, French film director
• Benoit Hogue, retired hockey player
• Benoît Magimel, French actor
• Benoît Mandelbrot, the "father of fractal geometry"
• Benoît Pedretti, football player.
• Benoît Poelvoorde, Belgian actor
• Benoît Sokal, Belgian comic artist and video game developer
• Benoît Tremblay, former member of the Canadian House of Commons
• Benoît de Sainte-Maure, medieval French poet

Benoit as a family name

• Avril Benoît, broadcast journalist
• Brian Benoit, metal-core guitarist
• Chris Benoit, professional wrestler involved in double murder/suicide
• David Benoit (basketball) NBA Basketball player
• David Benoit (musician), jazz fusion pianist
• Joan Benoit, first women's Olympic marathon champion
• Joaquin Benoit, pitcher for the Texas Rangers
• John J. Benoit, American politician
• Leon Benoit, Canadian politician
• Maurice Benoit ("Moe"), professional hockey player
• Nancy Benoit, professional wrestler and wife and murder victim of Chris Benoit
• Peter Benoit, Belgian composer
• Pierre Basile Benoit, Quebec farmer and political figure
• Pierre Benoit (novelist)
• Pierre Benoit (Ontario politician), former mayor of Ottawa
• Tab Benoit, blues guitarist

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