Frequency: (454)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. South German: metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of ribbons and cords, from a diminutive of Middle High German band ‘band’, ‘cord’.
2. English: variant spelling of Bendell.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
