Benatar

Benatar is a surname. The name is best known through Pat Benatar, an American singer and songwriter who rose to prominence in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski on January 10, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York, she adopted the stage name Pat Benatar. Benatar achieved major chart success with hit singles such as Heartbreaker (1979), Hit Me with Your Best Shot (1980), and Love Is a Battlefield (1983). Over the course of her career she has released multiple albums and is a four-time Grammy Award winner. She is regarded as one of the leading female rock vocalists of her era and has sold more than 35 million records worldwide.

Beyond Pat Benatar, the surname is relatively uncommon, and there are other individuals who bear it but who have not achieved comparable public prominence. The etymology and geographic distribution of the surname are not well documented in widely available reference sources.