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Pages in category "Surnames of Hindu origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 278 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Surnames of Indian origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,073 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The titles are given to certain individual of families in Kerala. Nair - Higher caste surname, encompassing several subcastes which includes High ranking martial castes like Pillai, Kurup, Unnithan, Menon, Nambiar, etc that formed the aristocracy and elite of traditional Kerala, which is also used by auxiliary, intermediate and middle-caste Nairs like Padamangalam Nair, Pallichan Nair, Vaniya ...
Rana is a given name and surname of multiple origins. Rana is also a historical title that is now used as an Indian surname. It is of Sanskrit origin, meaning "king", and is the masculine derivative of the Sanskrit word rānī meaning "queen". [1] It was used as a title by the Rajput kings. [2]
The name is based on the Sanskrit word गोप्तृ goptṛ, which means "guardian" or "protector". [1]According to historian R. C. Majumdar, the surname Gupta was adopted by several different communities in northern and eastern India at different times.
The surname historically originated in the Indian state of Gujarat, where it is amongst the most common of surnames. [13] Today, the name is found across India, as well as in the Indian diaspora. In 2009, The Telegraph released a news article indicating that, in the United Kingdom, the surnames Patel and Singh now rank amongst native ones such ...
Dikshit (ISO: Dīkṣit, pronounced [d̪iːkhɪt̪]; also spelled as Dixit or Dikshitar) is traditionally a Hindu family name. Origin The word is an adjectival form of the Sanskrit word diksha , meaning provider of knowledge.
Sharma is a Hindu Brahmin surname. The Sanskrit stem ṣárman-(nom. sarma) can mean 'joyfulness', 'comfort', 'happiness'. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Sarma and Sarmah are alternative English spellings of the name, commonly used by Assamese Brahmins .