Benya Family History
Benya Name Meaning
Americanized form of Czech Béňa and Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) Beňa (see Bena ) cognates of 2 below. Americanized form of Croatian Benja: from a pet form of the personal name Benedikt (see Benedict ). West African (Sierra Leone): name found among the Mende people of unexplained etymology.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022