Talk:Bennett (name)

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Tag & assess comments: The article includes 2 nameholders who share Bennett as a given name. The article needs info on Bennett as a given name, and given name infobox. --Rosiestep (talk) 17:42, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Importance[edit]

Changed score to "Mid", based on "Behind the Name". --Rosiestep (talk) 17:46, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology[edit]

Once again the etymology of the name is extremely simplified. For sure Bennet(t) is from Latin Benedictus, but not directly because Benedict > Bennet in English is phonetically impossible. In English [d] and [c] would not have entirely disappeared. The 12th century language near English in England, where lenition is total is Anglo-Norman. So is Bennet obviously Anglo-Norman.Nortmannus (talk) 10:11, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hatnote[edit]

"Other uses" hatnote (recently deleted) is necessary to link with (e.g.) place names etc - unless article is to be merged with Bennett. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 16:27, 25 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've put the alternative spellings into the lead. The hatnote is not required to point to the disambiguation page because this article is at Bennett (name) and not Bennett (per WP:NAMB). Having said that, a merge of Bennett (name) and Bennet (surname) is a good idea. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 08:07, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]