Släkthistoria för Benis
Benis Vad efternamn betyder
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): patronymic from the Yiddish male personal name Benye (a pet form of Beniamin; see Bien Benjamin) + the Yiddish possessive and patronymic suffix -s. Latvian: from a short form of the personal name Benedikts (see Benedict). Czech and Slovak (Beniš): from a short form of the personal name Benedikt (see Benedict). The homonymous Sorbian cognates B'eniš and Bjeniš are found in Germanized and Americanized forms only (see Benisch and Benish).
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
