Bene Family History
Bene Name Meaning
Hungarian and Slovak: from a short form of the personal name Hungarian Benedek Slovak Benedikt (see Benedict ). Italian: from the personal name Bene an omen or well-wishing name meaning ‘well good’ or a short form of various compound omen or well-wishing names beginning with this element such as Benvenuto ‘welcome’ and Benenato ‘well born’. German: from a short form of Beneke . Croatian and Slovenian: from a short form of the personal name Benedikt (see Benedict ). This surname is very rare in Slovenia.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022