Bednar Family History
Bednar Name Meaning
Czech (Bednář); Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) (Bednár); Slovenian: occupational name for a ‘cooper’ from an agent noun based on Czech bedna ‘wooden case or chest’ Slovenian dialect bedenj ‘tub’. Compare Bodnar . Americanized form of Polish Bednarz ‘cooper’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022