The bedi Surname
bedi Name Meaning and History
Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Khatri) and Sikh name, based on the name of
a clan in the Khatri community. The name is derived from Sanskrit
vedi ‘one who knows the Vedas’. Guru Nanak (1469–1539),
the founder of the Sikh religion, was from the Bedi clan. It is said
that the founder of the clan studied the Vedas in Banaras and came to
be known as Vedi or Bedi.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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