My last name is bender. could that be irish?

Question

My last name is bender. could that be irish?

Answer 1

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name ,

Bender Name Meaning and History

German: occupational name for a cooper, a short form of Fassbender.

English: from an agent derivative of Old English bendan ‘to bend (the bow)’, hence probably a metonymic occupational name for an archer. Compare Benbow.

Hungarian: from bender ‘curl’, hence a nickname for someone with curly hair.

hope this helps.

Answer 2

Anything is possible because you're only looking at a name. People carried names with them wherever they went. An Englishman named Bender who moved to Ireland in 1730 could have thousands of descendents today, and some might be English, Irish, American, Canadian or even French. It just depends on where they moved over the last 270 years. The name is still English in origin, but if he has 2000 descendents living in Ireland with that last name, they're very much Irish.

At the same time, your name could just as likely be German and your ancestors Orthodox Jews who escaped once upon a time, went to Russia, then their grandchildren escaped to Holland. From Holland they might have slipped onto a ship from Rotterdam to NY and became Americans. A name doesn't tell you much, but the research of your line will tell you the whole story of your family.

Answer 3

My mother's maiden name is Bender, our family is Irish and Scottish, it is  old English referring to a bow maker.

Answer 4

AMERICAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 5

No, its robotic. Haven't you ever seen Futurama?