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Chikhalia. Chishti (surname) Chitnis. Chockalingam. (previous page) (next page) Categories: Family in India. Surnames of Asian origin. Surnames of South Asian origin.
Pages in category "Surnames of Hindu origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 280 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Indian names are based on a variety of systems and naming conventions, which vary from region to region. In Indian culture, names hold profound significance and play a crucial role in an individual's life. The importance of names is deeply rooted in the country's diverse and ancient cultural heritage. Names are also influenced by religion and ...
Sinhalese native surnames have a Sanskrit origin. Tamils, Sri Lankan Moors and Sri Lankan Malays have distinctive surnames for their own ethnicities. Many Sinhalese surnames end with Singhe (Sinhala: සිංහ, lit. 'lion'), such as Jayasinghe, Ranasinghe, Samarasinghe.
-aj (pronounced AY; meaning “of the" ) It denotes the name of the family, which mostly comes from the male founder of the family, but also from a place, as in, Lash-aj (from the village Lashaj of Kastrat, MM, Shkodër). It is likely that its ancient form, still found in MM, was an [i] in front of the last name, as in ‘Déda i Lékajve ...
Patel. Patel is an Indian surname or title, predominantly found in the state of Gujarat, representing the community of land-owning farmers and later (with the British East India Company) businessmen, agriculturalists and merchants. Traditionally the title is a status name referring to the village chieftains during medieval times, and was later ...
This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. Indian given names (7 C, 144 P) Surnames of Indian origin (35 C, 1,049 P)
Shah (surname) Shah is a popular surname in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. [1] Shah (/ ʃɑː /; Persian: شاه, romanized: Šāh, pronounced [ʃɒːh], 'king') is a title given to the emperors, kings, princes and lords of Iran (historically known as Persia in the West). [2] It is different to the shah that is found in Gujarat, India ...