Benoît

Benoît is a French male given name. It is less frequently spelled Benoist. The name comes from the Latin word benedictus, which means "blessed", equivalent in meaning to Bénédicte or the English name Benedict. A female derivative of the name is Benoîte.

The personal name Benoît is to be distinguished from Benoit as a family name, which is usually spelled without the circumflex accent. Early form of the name was spelled with an "s" (Benoist), but as with many words in the French language, the "s" was eventually replaced with a circumflex accent over the "i".

Benoît in other languages

 * Arabic: بندكتوس
 * Aragonese: Benedet
 * Asturian: Benitu
 * Basque: Beñat
 * Breton: Beneat
 * Catalan : Benet
 * Croatian : Benedikt
 * Danish: Benedikt, Bendt
 * Czech: Benedikt, Beneš
 * Dutch: Benedictus, Benoot
 * English: Benedict
 * Finnish: Benediktus, Pentti
 * Galician : Bieito
 * German : Benedikt
 * Greek: Βενέδικτος (Venediktos)
 * Hungarian: Benedek
 * Irish: Bennett
 * Italian: Benedetto, Benito
 * Latin: Benedictus
 * Latvian: Benedikts, Bendiks, Benis
 * Norwegian: Benedikt, Bendik
 * Polish: Benedykt
 * Portuguese: Benedito, Bento
 * Provençal: Bénézet
 * Romanian: Benedict
 * Russian: Венедикт
 * Slovak: Benedikt, Beňadik
 * Slovenian: Benedikt
 * Spanish: Benedicto, Benito
 * Swedish: Benedikt, Bengt
 * Ukrainian: Бенедикт, Венедикт
 * Yiddish: Benesh

Benoist as a given name

 * Benoist Simmat, French author and journalist
 * Benoist Stehlin (c. 1732 – 1774), French harpsichord builder

Benoît as a given name

 * Benoît Assou-Ekotto (born 1984), Cameroonian footballer
 * Benoît Badiashile (born 2001), French footballer
 * Benoit Benjamin (born 1964), American basketball player
 * Benoît Bouchard (born 1940), Canadian public official and former politician
 * Benoît Brunet (born 1968), Canadian retired hockey player
 * Benoît Cassart (born 1970), Belgian politician
 * Benoît Charest (born 1964), Canadian guitarist and film score composer
 * Benoit Charette (born 1976), Canadian politician
 * Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (1799–1864), French engineer and physicist
 * Benoît-Constant Coquelin (1841–1909), French stage and film actor
 * Benoît David (born 1966), Canadian singer
 * Benoît Dorémus (born 1980) French singer-songwriter
 * Benoît Ferreux (born 1955), French film actor
 * Benoît Jacquot (born 1947), French film director
 * Benoît Lacroix (1915–2016), Canadian theologian, philosopher, Dominican priest, professor and historian
 * Benoît Hamon (born 1967), French former MEP and current spokesperson for the Socialist Party of France
 * Benoît Hogue (born 1966), Canadian retired hockey player
 * Benoît Magimel (born 1974), French actor
 * Benoît Mandelbrot (1924–2010), French mathematician, the "father of fractal geometry"
 * Benoît Paire (born 1989), French professional tennis player
 * Benoît Pedretti (born 1980), French football (soccer) player
 * Benoît Peeters (born 1956), French comics writer, novelist, and critic
 * Benoît Poelvoorde (born 1964), Belgian actor
 * Benoît de Sainte-Maure (before 1160 – 1173), medieval French poet
 * Benoît Sokal (1954–2021), Belgian comic artist and video game developer
 * Benoît Tréluyer (born 1976), French race car driver
 * Benoît Tremblay (born 1948), former member of the Canadian House of Commons
 * Benoît Vaugrenard (born 1982), French professional cyclist

Benoist as a family name

 * Melissa Benoist (born 1988), American actress and singer
 * Alain de Benoist (born 1943), French academic and philosopher
 * Antoine Benoist (painter) (1632–1717), French artist who was painter and sculptor to Louis XIV
 * Antoine-Gabriel-François Benoist (1715–1776), French soldier
 * Élie Benoist (1640–1728), French Protestant minister, known as an historian of the Edict of Nantes
 * Félix Benoist (1818–1896), French painter and lithographer
 * François Benoist (1794–1878), French organist, composer, and pedagogue
 * Gabriel Benoist (1891–1964), a French writer in the Cauchois dialect of the Norman language
 * Guillaume Philippe Benoist (1725–1770), French line-engraver
 * Jacques Benoist-Méchin (1901–1983), French politician and writer
 * Joseph Roger de Benoist (b. ? ), French missionary, journalist, and historian
 * Lance Benoist (born 1988), American mixed martial artist
 * Louis Auguste Benoist (1803–1867), pioneering American banker and financier
 * Luc Benoist (1893–1980), French essayist
 * Marcel Benoist (died 1918), French lawyer who established the Swiss Marcel Benoist Prize
 * Marie Guilhelmine Benoist (1768–1826), French neoclassical, historical and genre painter.
 * Michel Benoist (1715–1774), French Jesuit scientist noted for his service to the Chinese Empire
 * Raymond Benoist (1881–1970), French zoologist and botanist
 * Robert Benoist (1895–1944), French Grand Prix motor racing driver and World War II secret agent
 * Thomas W. Benoist (1874–1917), American aviator, aircraft manufacturer, and airline entrepreneur

Benoit as a family name

 * André Benoit (born 1984), Canadian hockey player
 * Avril Benoit (before 1990), Canadian broadcast journalist
 * Bob Benoit (horse racing) (1927–2008), general manager of the Hollywood Park race track
 * Brian Benoit (before 1999), American metal-core guitarist
 * Chris Benoit (1967–2007), Canadian professional wrestler
 * Clinton Benoit (born 1973), Haitian musician
 * Christine Benoit (born 1972), Seychellois Anglican priest
 * David Benoit (basketball) (born 1968), American basketball player
 * David Benoit (musician) (born 1953), American jazz fusion pianist
 * Georges Benoît (1883–1942), French cinematographer and actor
 * Germaine Benoit (1901–1983) French chemical engineer, pharmacologist and biologist, known for contributions to the study of sympathomimetic drugs.
 * Hubert Benoit (born 1963), Canadian politician
 * Hubert Benoit (psychotherapist) (1904–1992) French psychotherapist
 * Jason Benoit (born 1984), Canadian Country Music Singer/Songwriter
 * Joan Benoit (born 1957), American first women's Olympic marathon champion
 * Joaquín Benoit (born 1977), Dominican professional baseball pitcher
 * John J. Benoit (1951–2016), American law enforcement officer and politician
 * Justin-Mirande René Benoit (1844–1922), French physicist
 * Kelly Benoit-Bird (born 1976), American scientist
 * Leon Benoit (born 1950), Canadian politician
 * Luigi Benoit (1804–1890), Italian ornithologist and conchologist
 * Maurice Benoit ("Moe") (1932–2013), Canadian professional hockey player
 * Michel Benoit (chess player) (born 1949), French chess player
 * Nancy Benoit (1964–2007), American professional wrestling valet and wife of Chris Benoit
 * Nicole Schnyder-Benoit (born 1973), Swiss beach volleyball player
 * Paul Benoit (composer) (1893–1979), French monk and composer of organ music
 * Pedro Benoit (1836–1897), Argentine architect, engineer and urbanist
 * Peter Benoit (1834–1901), Belgian composer
 * Pierre Benoit (archaeologist) (1906–1987), born Maurice Benoit, French theologian
 * Pierre Benoit (MLA) (1824–1870), Quebec politician
 * Pierre Benoit (novelist) (1886–1962), French novelist
 * Pierre Benoit (Ontario politician) (born 1939), Canadian lawyer and politician, former mayor of Ottawa, Ontario
 * Pierre Basile Benoit (1837–1910), Canadian farmer and political figure
 * Ryan Benoit (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
 * Silvia Benoit, Swiss female curler, European champion
 * Simon Benoit (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Tab Benoit (born 1967), American blues guitarist
 * Ted Benoit (1947–2016), French comics artist, graphic novelist
 * Yasmin Benoit (born 1996), English model and activist