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benes Name Meaning and History

Czech and Slovak (Beneš): from a reduced form of the personal name Benedikt, Czech form of Benedict. This is one of the most common Czech family names, also well established elsewhere in central Europe.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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