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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Polish (Bień): from a short form of the personal names Benedykt (see Benedict) or Beniamin (see Benjamin).
  2. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from a pet form of the personal name Beniamin (see Benjamin).
  3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from Yiddish bin ‘bee’, German Bien(e), or a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper.
  4. German: from the dialect word Bien ‘bee’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper or nickname for an industrious person.
  5. Vietnamese (Biên): unexplained.
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