Benis Family History
Benis Name Meaning
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): patronymic from the Yiddish male personal name Benye (a pet form of Beniamin; see Bien, Benjamin) + the Yiddish possessive and patronymic suffix -s. Latvian: from a shortened form of the personal name Benedikts (see Benedict).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press