Girl equivalent of Benedict

[Blueeyedgirl21]

Does anyone know a female equivalent to Benedict ?

I vaguely remember Theodora is the English equivalent but I have no idea why - something to do with it meaning God’s blessing?

I was wondering if Beatrice was the same but I don’t like it very much 🙈

Benedicta

Or if you’re feeling Shakespearean, Beatrice 😆

Is Benedicta actually a name or is it just with an a on the end ..?? sorry if that sounds ignorant

I have just remembered Bernadette is a name but it’s the name of quite a few of my Irish rellies so I am not so keen, they would be a weird choice to name after

On Google Apparently Bernadette means brave bear so... not sure about that !

Elizabeth means Oath of God/ Gift of God... don’t know if that’s similar enough for you?

@JemimaTiggywinkle that’s my middle name and I had no idea what it meant ! Thank you!

Benedicta is definitely a name although as names go I think it's fairly rare. Another version is Benita, with the same meaning (blessed).

I had a French friend (female) called Benedicte.

I did some searching online and one site suggest Euphemie

In France Bénédicte is a girls name. Boys are Benoît.

Benedicte and Benoite in France I think

Benedita?

Sinead and Gwynn also mean blessed

Benedetta is the Italian.

Beate/Beata also nice (pronounced Bay-AH-ta).

Benedetta nn Detta (though unfortunately sounds the same as 'debtor').

Benedicta is the English language feminine of Benedict.

Used by Roman Catholic families but not much outside that. I like it personally...

Benita
Beatrix
Helga
Dorothy

Benedicte or Benedicta

Btw there is an amazing little girl called Benedicte who survived ebola at six days old!

There is a Benedikte at my kids' school. Benny for short which I like for a girl's nn.

Benny is really cool. I was actually thinking of that as the nickname. We were looking at Teddie and Theodora as the namesake is Benedict (long story) but Benny (Bennie? Beni?! ) is so cool. I’m just not sure if Benedicta is the one for me though . Benedetta is quite nice but we are really not Italian in any way although there is the catholic link, think it might be weird although I suppose tons of people have names from countries they aren’t from.

@whatausername that is amazing!!

Benedictina
Bendite
Benecia
Benita

The meanings of Benedict and Theodora are not the same, not that it matters, just in case you are interested...

Benedict, Latin roots meaning bene (well or good) dict (speak or spoken)

Theodora, Greek roots theo (God) and dora (gift).

Bettina is used in Italy and Germany