Bender Family History
Bender Name Meaning
German: occupational name for a cooper a short form of Fassbender . Compare Bainter and Painter . English (London): metonymic occupational name for an archer or bow maker from Middle English bender an agent derivative of benden ‘to bend’ (Old English bendan). Compare Benbow . Hungarian: from bender ‘curl’ hence a nickname for someone with curly hair. Croatian: nickname or metonymic occupational name from bender a term denoting a musical instrument similar to a tambourine. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name from the town of Bendery (now in Moldova). Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Bander
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022