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Updated June 9, 2019

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.

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