De%20benedictis Family History
De%20benedictis Name Meaning
Italian: patronymic from a Latinized form of the personal name Benedetto . It is formed with the Latin ablative plural suffix -is imparting the broader sense ‘belonging to of’ in this case ‘member of the Benedetti or Benedicti family’ (compare Benedetti ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022