BedemHistory (Ecclesiastical) Modern form of the Old English name Baeda, possibly related to Old English bed"prayer". Saint Bede, called the Venerable Bede, was an 8th-century historian, scholar and Doctor of the Church.
SumantramBengali Means "following good advice", from the Sanskrit prefix सु (su) meaning "good" combined with मन्त्र (mantra) meaning "instrument of thought, prayer, advice".