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.