Bengt
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict. Contraction of Late Latin Benedictus. First recorded in Sweden as Benkt in 1364. Cognate with Danish Bent and English Bennett.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Bengt (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Bengt has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2012. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 4 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 67,773 |
| 2000 | 66,362 |
| 2001 | 64,822 |
| 2002 | 63,377 |
| 2003 | 61,960 |
| 2004 | 60,500 |
| 2005 | 59,051 |
| 2006 | 57,651 |
| 2007 | 56,458 |
| 2008 | 55,224 |
| 2009 | 54,039 |
| 2010 | 52,839 |
| 2011 | 51,639 |
| 2012 | 50,423 |
| 2013 | 49,093 |
| 2014 | 47,862 |
| 2015 | 46,511 |
| 2016 | 45,165 |
| 2017 | 43,809 |
| 2018 | 42,470 |
| 2019 | 41,098 |
| 2020 | 39,590 |
Bengt in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Bengt.Hi! My name is Bengt.
- Bengt bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Bengt lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Bengt har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Bengt has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Bengts mamma är lärare.Bengt's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Bengts mamma is Bengt's mum.
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Questions about Bengt
How do you pronounce Bengt in Swedish?
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What does the name Bengt mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict. Contraction of Late Latin Benedictus. First recorded in Sweden as Benkt in 1364. Cognate with Danish Bent and English Bennett.
How popular is Bengt in Sweden?
4 babies were named Bengt in 2022. In 2020, 39,590 people in Sweden had Bengt as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2012 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.