Abendana

Abendana (Abendanan, Ibn Danan, Hebrew: ן׳דנא, אבן – דנא) is a Sephardi Jewish surname of Arabic origin.[1][2] Notable people with the name include:

Jacob Abendana (1630–1695), hakam of London
Isaac Abendana (c. 1640–1699), hakam of the Spanish Portuguese Synagogue in London
Isaac Sardo Abendana (c. 1662 – 1709), Dutch Jewish jeweler and diamond merchant

Seal of the Abendana Family. Jewish Encyclopedia

See also

Kenneth Abendana Spencer (1929–2005), Jamaican artist

References

Abendana, Encyclopedia Judaica
Guggenheimer, Heinrich Walter; Guggenheimer, Eva Auguste Horowitz (1992). Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary. Hoboken, N.J: KTAV Publishing House. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-88125-297-2. OCLC 25093664. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

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