as a Last Name
- 705
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Bedi
Meaning & Origins
Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Khatri) and Sikh name, based on the name of a clan in the Khatri community. The name is derived from Sanskrit vedī ‘one who knows the Vedas’. Guru Nanak (1469–1539), the founder of the Sikh religion, was from the Bedi clan. It is said that the founder of the clan studied the Vedas in Banaras and came to be known as Vedi or Bedi.
| 30,762nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Bedingfield, Bodie, Bedient, Bodi, Badia, Bogie, Bedinger, Badie, Bedillion, Bedinghaus
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 705
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Vermont
- has the most people named Bedi per capita
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