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bien Name Meaning and History

  1. Polish (Bien): from a short form of the personal names Benedykt (see Benedict) or Beniamin (see Benjamin).
  2. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from a pet form of the personal name Beniamin (see Benjamin).
  3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from Yiddish bin ‘bee’, German Bien(e), or a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper.
  4. German: from the dialect word Bien ‘bee’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper or nickname for an industrious person.
  5. Vietnamese (Biên): unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The bien name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the bien family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of bien Families in the US in 1920
Number of bien families
 17-31
 6-16		 1-5
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 22 - Messages: 47
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Parents of Charles A Bien born ~Oct 1862 in Ohio??? davidbien2002 0
Katarzyna Bien rgdtad05 0
John or Andrew Bien Bob Bien 0
Any BIEN family from Poland? anitabien 6
eugene bien mark bien 1
Paul Bien christinaayers1 14
Family Jerome Bien 0
Any Bien Family Members in Poland Robert J. Bien 0
WILLIE DELL BIEN - OBITUARY BarbaraDobbinsTitle 0
Conrad Van Fossen Biehn/Montgomery Co., PA JAFRAZ 0
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