Family name origins & meanings
- Hungarian : from a short form of the personal name Benedek, Hungarian form of Benedict.
- Italian : from the personal name Bene, an omen name meaning ‘well’, ‘good’, or a short form of the various compound omen names beginning with this element, such as Benvenuto (meaning ‘welcome’) and Benenato (‘well born’).
- German : from a short form of Beneke.