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Pages in category "Indian feminine given names" The following 175 pages are in this category, out of 175 total. ... This page was last edited on 14 June 2021, at 01: ...
More common among women, making the patronym or husband name the last name is a custom adopted by people migrating to the West, who want to be called by their first names without having to explain Indian naming conventions. However, women frequently adopt their father's or husband's name, and take it for successive generations.
19th century depiction of a Sikh woman (a Kaur) from a Haveli. Kaur (Punjabi: ਕੌਰ Punjabi pronunciation: [] / کور []; lit. ' crown prince[ss] ' or ' spiritual prince[ss] '), [1] sometimes spelled as Kour, is a surname or a part of a personal name primarily used by the Sikh and some Hindu women of the Punjab region. [2]
Kongassery is a surname of the Nair community of Kerala, India. Channar [16] - surname associated with Ezhavas and nadars; Cherayi Panikkar [17] - Commander of Samoothiri Raja and title given to the Thiyya Caste in South Malabar. Achari - south part; Nambiar - The Nairs found in North Malabar. Ezhuthachan [18] - Malappuram and Thrissur District.
Such names are roughly equivalent to the English or Welsh surnames Richardson or Richards. The Russian equivalent of 'Smith', 'Jones', and 'Brown' (that is, the generic most often used surnames) are Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov , or 'Johns', 'Peters', and ' Isidores ', although Sidorov is now ranked only 66th.
Names also do not have to have spiritual meanings behind them. [1] Whatever name chosen for a newborn baby will need to adhere to the rule regarding the first-letter being the same as the one in the vaak, as per the Naam Karan ceremony. [1] Sikh given names are gender neutral, generally formed of a prefix and a suffix (ex. Har/jeet/).