Benoît (French: [bənwa]) 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".
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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 Larrouquis (born 1969), French politician
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
Surname
André Benoit (born 1984), Canadian hockey player
Andy Benoit (born 1986), American sportswriter
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 (born 1953), American jazz pianist
David Benoit (actor) (born 1966), American actor and singer
David Benoit (basketball) (born 1968), American basketball player
Francine Benoît (1894-1990), French-Portuguese musician, teacher, composer, conductor, and music critic
Georges Benoît (1883–1942), French cinematographer and actor
Germaine Benoit (1901–1983), French chemical engineer, pharmacologist and biologist
Hubert Benoit (born 1963), Canadian politician
Hubert Benoit (psychotherapist) (1904–1992) French psychotherapist