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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from a diminutive of Band.
  • South German : occupational name for a ribbon-maker. Compare Bendel.
  • German : possibly a variant of Pandel, from a pet form of the personal name Pantaleon (see Pantaleo).
  • Slovenian : possibly a medieval respelling of the Latin personal name Pantaleon, originating in western Slovenia. It may also be an Americanized form of the surname Bandelj, which is of the same origin.

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