Bento
A boys’ name of Portuguese origin, meaning blessed; a form of Benedictus.
Babies a year
7
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2952
7 babies
Bento by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Bento. In the US, 10 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 12 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bento. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Bentonbent grass settlement or town230 in the US (2017)
- Benitoblessed; a form of Benedict103 in the US (2017)
- Betodiminutive of alberto6 in the US (2017)
- Bensonson of ben or blessed son620 in the US (2017)
- Brentburnt or steep hill200 in the US (2017)
- Brentonsettlement of the Britons or on a steep hill155 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a blessing
Like Bento, each of these has a blessing in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Bento
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