Names

Variant of Bengoetxea.

Northern Italian variant of Benedetti.

Derived from a diminutive of the given name Benedikt.

Hungarian form of Beneš.

Means “son of Benenato”, a given name derived from Latin bene “good, well” and natus “good”.

From the given name Benedetto.

Means “son of Bendt”.

Means “son of Bencivenne”, from the medieval name Bencivenga, a Tuscan variant of Benvenuto.

From a nickname “bend the bow” given to an archer.

Occupational name for a tanner of hides, derived from Middle High German belz meaning “fur”.