Last name origins & meanings:
- Italian: from the personal name Bando, which may be a
short form of any of the various Germanic compound names with the
unattested element bandwo- meaning ‘banner’, ‘flag’,
‘insignia’, or, more likely from a short form of a personal name
formed with -brand- ‘sword (blade)’, for example
Ildebrando.
- Swiss German (from Oberwil near
Büren, Bern canton): probably from a Germanic personal name of the
same origin as the Italian.
- Hungarian (Bándi): habitational name for someone from a place called Bánd in
Veszprém county and Marosszék in Transylvania.
- Indian
(Andhra Pradesh): Hindu name, from Telugu bạṇdi
‘carriage’, ‘cart’, based on the name of a Reddy clan.
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