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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Eastern German, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Hungarian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from a short form of a personal name derived from Latin Benedictus (see Benedict).
  • Southern French : occupational name for a merchant or tradesman.

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