Bendit
Appearance
Gender | Male |
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Language(s) | Yiddish |
Origin | |
Meaning | Blessed |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Bendet |
Related names | Benesh, Baruch, Benedict |
Bendit or Bendet (Yiddish: בענדיט) is a Yiddish-language masculine given name. It is considered a vernacular version of the Hebrew name Baruch (meaning 'blessed'), derived from the Latin name with the same meaning, Benedictus.[1]
People
[edit]As a given name
[edit]- Baruch Bendit Dusnus (1811–1886), Dutch rabbi
- Baruch Bendit Goitein (1770–1839), rabbi
- Maestro Bendit (fl. 14th century), physician
As a surname
[edit]- Daniel Cohn-Bendit (born 1945), French-German politician
- Gabriel Cohn-Bendit (1936–2021), French activist
- Stacey Bendet (born 1978), American fashion designer
References
[edit]- ^ Cohn, R. I. (2008). Yiddish Given Names: A Lexicon. Scarecrow Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-4616-7454-2.