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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English and German : from a pet form of the personal name Benedict.
  • In some cases it may be of Welsh origin, a variant of Bendry, patronymic from the personal name Hendry (from Welsh ap Hendry). Compare Parry.

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