45-398: Panesar is an Indian surname from Punjab. Notable people with the surname include: Fictional characters with the surname include: Indian surname 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
90-515: A name aligns with the individual's birth chart. India 's population speaks a wide variety of languages and nearly every major religion in the world has a following in India. This variety makes for subtle, often confusing, differences in names and naming styles. Due to historical Indian cultural influences , several names across South and Southeast Asia are influenced by or adapted from Indian names or words. In some cases, an Indian birth name
135-847: A passport), the initial is expanded as last name. For example, a name like "R. Kumaresh" will be written in full as "or "Kumaresh Ramaiah", and refers to "Kumaresh son of Ramaiah". If Kumaresh then has a son named Vijay, then his name would be "K. Vijay" or "Vijay Kumaresh" as it would be in the West. There is also a general custom for Tamil women, after marriage to adopt their husband's first name as their new initial or new last name instead of their father's. A woman named K. Anitha / Anitha Kumaresh (Anitha daughter of Kumaresh) might change her name after marriage to S. Anitha / Anitha Saravanan (Anitha wife of Saravanan). However, these customs vary from family to family and are normally never carried on over successive generations. Tamil Nadu, boasting numerous temples and
180-477: A robust religious legacy, serves as a wellspring of inspiration for many Tamil names. These names often draw from the rich tapestry of Hindu deities, scriptures, and sacred texts. A prime example of this influence can be observed in names like "Arjun" and "Karthik," which resonate with the narratives and virtuous attributes associated with these divine beings. Due to the influence of the Dravidian movement , from
225-406: A source for names to the detriment of tadbhava and deshya names, especially amongst tribal groups. In modern times, there has also been the creating of pleasant sounding but meaningless names, as well as the borrowing of foreign names among English educated metropolitans due to India's history with Britain . Mistry states these processes in name changes are due to social factors where members of
270-411: A standard pattern of First name – Middle name – Surname . Many times the middle name will be appended onto the first name, or not exist at all. Sometimes middle name would even be father's first name. The surname is most commonly a caste-related name however, there are some caste-neutral surnames like Kumar . For example: Bhajan Lal Sharma (Bhajan is his first name, Lal is a middle name, and Sharma
315-529: A study of Assamese biography (1st ed.). New Delhi, India: Mittal Publications. p. 116. ISBN 8170992079 . ^ "Assam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam" . Vedanti.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013 . Retrieved 22 April 2013 . ^ Sarma, Satyendra Nath (1976). A history of Indian literature . Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. p. 91. ISBN 3447017368 . ^ "Home" . Rukshaan Art . Archived from
360-634: A variety of sources. They could be characters from Hindu mythological epics such as the Ramayana or Mahabharat , names of holy rivers such as Yamuna and Godavari , Hindu historical characters from Maratha or Indian history such as Shivaji and Ashoka , Marathi varkari saints such as Tukaram , Dnyaneshwar , Janabai , popular characters from modern Marathi literature, names of fragrant flowers for girls (e.g. Bakul , Kamal/Kamla for lotus ), senses such as Madhura for sweetness, precious metals such female name Suwarna for gold, heavenly bodies such as
405-465: Is Husband's name – First name or the opposite (ex. Sumalatha Ambareesh , where Ambareesh is her husband's name). In South Karnataka, caste names are not common except among the higher castes. Kannada Brahmins have surnames like Rao , Murthy , Poojari , and Bhat . The title Gowda was a title given to any village headman, irrespective of caste, and was written as an appendage to the person's name. For example Siddaramaiah 's father belonged to
450-526: Is a caste surname). Many women, especially in rural areas, take on the surname Devi (meaning Goddess) or Kumari (princess) when they are married (ex. Phoolan Devi , known as Phoolan Mallah before marriage). Muslims in North India use Islamic naming conventions . Kannada names vary by region as follows. North Karnataka follows the First name – Father's first name – Surname order. This system
495-449: Is a family name, derived from place-names, trades or occupations, religious or caste names, or nicknames. Given names and their suffixes differ based on sex and religion. In many Gujarati households, a paternal aunt has the honour of naming her brother's child. Traditionally names were often borrowed from religion, but in modern times names are borrowed from literature, film, and politicians. Sanskrit tatsama names are also increasing as
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#1732794313792540-648: Is also found in other parts of Karnataka. Surnames are drawn from the names of places, food items, dresses, temples, type of people, platforms, cities, professions, and so on. Surnames are drawn from many other sources. Katti as a suffix is used for soldiers while Karadis is related to local folk art. Surnames according to trade or what they traditionally farm include Vastrad (piece of cloth), Kubasad (blouse), Menasinkai (chili), Ullagaddi (onion), Limbekai , Ballolli (garlic), Tenginkai (coconut), Byali (pulse), and Akki (rice). Surnames based on house include Doddamani (big house), Hadimani (house next to
585-483: Is always Singh for males and Kaur for females. Upon marriage, a Sikh woman will take the family name of the husband. The family name is sometimes used, but sometimes not. For instance Ranjit Singh , where Ranjit was his first name and Singh his last name, was from the Sandhawalia Jat clan, but did not use it as a surname. However many do use caste/clan names, such as Bhagwant Singh Mann , where Bhagwant
630-427: Is deeply rooted in the country's diverse and ancient cultural heritage. Names are also influenced by religion and caste and may come from epics . In Hindu culture, names are often chosen based on astrological and numerological principles. It is believed that a person's name can influence their destiny, and selecting the right name is essential for a prosperous and harmonious life. Astrologers may be consulted to ensure
675-504: Is different from their official name; the birth name starts with a selected name from the person's horoscope (based on the nakshatra or lunar mansion corresponding to the person's birth). Many children are given three names, sometimes as a part of religious teaching. Research suggests that many Indians have officially adopted caste-neutral last names to mitigate historical inequalities. Some of India’s most famous celebrities have changed their names. For example, Amitabh Bachchan
720-720: Is grandfather's name, and Kujnpilla is surname/caste title. It might also be written as Shreelakshmi Dhanapalan S K. Earlier times (until the 20th century) Malayali Christians (Nasranis) were bound by only Christian names and usually used the Family/house name – Father's name – Baptismal name naming convention. Nowadays, however, Christians have various naming conventions such as Name – Surname – Father's Name or Name – Father's name or Name – Surname or Name – Father's Name – Grandfather's Name . It can be concluded that Syrian Christian names are Patryonmic . E.g.: Arackaparambil Kurien Antony , better known as A. K. Antony, here
765-483: Is his given name and Kannoth is his mother's house name. P. K. Vasudevan Nair , Vasudevan is his given name and Nair is his caste surname. Most of the Malayalis write name as Given name – Father's name – Father's father's name/house name/village name – Surname/caste title . For instance, Shreelakshmi Dhanapalan Sadhu Kunjpilla; where Shreelakshmi is first name, Dhanapalan is middle name/father's name, Sadhu
810-459: Is often the name of the clan or gotra, but can be an honorific, such as Chakraborty or Bhattacharya . Common Baidya surnames are Sengupta , Dasgupta , Duttagupta, Gupta , Das-Sharma, and Sen-Sharma. Bengali Kayastha surnames include Basu, Bose , Dutta , Ghosh , Choudhury , Roy Chowdhury, Ray, Guha , Mitra , Singh / Sinha , Pal , De/Dey/Deb/Dev , Palit, Chanda/Chandra, Das , Dam, Kar, Nandi, Nag, Som, etc. Odia names follow
855-768: Is the first name, Chandra the middle name and Barua the last name, indicating his ancestors were high in the Paik system. There are some community-specific surnames such as Gogoi ( Ahom ) and Sarma ( Brahmin ) (ex: Himanta Biswa Sarma ). Tribal communities such as Boro , Dimasa and Karbi follow a similar naming scheme, although their surnames are generally clan names. Bengali names follow First name – Middle name – Surname pattern, as seen with Subhas Chandra Bose . Bengali Brahmin surnames include Acharya , Banerjee , Bagchi , Bhaduri , Bhattacharjee , Chakraborty , Chatterjee , Ganguly , Goswami , Ghoshal , Lahiri , Maitra , Mukherjee , Sanyal , etc. A Brahmin name
900-577: Is the first name, Singh the religious name and Mann the Jat clan to which he belongs. Many Sikhs append the name of their sub-caste (known as a got in Punjabi and gotra in Hindi) as their surname. A got is an exogamous grouping within a particular caste (known as a zat in Punjabi and jati in Hindi). A zat is an endogamous caste grouping, which contains gots under it. Some Sikhs are against
945-516: Is therefore done in the fashion: Sunitha Ram Kumar Iyer. And hence they are known to only use initials besides their name except for when caste names are given more preference by certain families rather than the family name itself. Binanda Chandra Barua Indian writer and poet For other people with similar names, see Ananda Chandra Barua , Ananda Chandra Agarwala , Ananda Chandra Dutta , and Chandra Kumar Agarwala . Binanda Chandra Barua (1901 - 1994)
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#1732794313792990-867: The First name – Middle name – Surname or First name – Surname pattern. Odia surnames come from caste based on human occupation. For example, the common surnames Kar, Mohapatra , and Dash (as opposed to Das) are Brahmin surnames. Similarly, Mishra , Nanda, Rath, Satpathy, Panda, Panigrahi, and Tripathy are all Brahmin surnames. Mohanty , Das , Choudhury , Ray , Kanungo, Mangaraj, Bohidar, Bakshi , Patnaik , Samantaray , Routray , Mahasenapati, Srikarana, Chhotray and Das Mohapatra are Karan surnames. Others are Samant, Singhar, Sundaraya, Jagdev, Baliarsingh, Harichandan, Mardraj, Srichandan, Pratihari, Paikray, Patasani, Parida, Samal, Sahu, Nayak, and Muduli. Konkani people inhabiting Goa, and also Konkan regions of Karnataka and Maharashtra, use First name – Middle name – Village name/Surname pattern. Generally,
1035-579: The Kuruba community but was called Siddarame Gowda. Nowadays it is mostly used as a Vokkaliga surname. Most people in South Karnataka, regardless of caste, do not use caste surnames. Kashmiri names often follow the naming convention First name – Middle name (optional) – Family name . (For example: Jawahar Lal Nehru ) Nicknames often replace family names. Hence, some family names like Razdan and Nehru may very well be derived originally from
1080-855: The 1930s, most Tamils abandoned their surnames, both in India and nations like Singapore, due to the arising consciousness that these surnames were synonymous with their caste identity, leading to social stigma. 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. The various Tamil caste names include Paraiyar , Vishwakarma , Aachari , Konar , Idaiyar , Reddiar , Udayar , Yadhavar , Iyengar , Iyer , Pillai , Mudaliar , Thevar , Nadar , Chettiar , Gounder , Naicker , Vanniyar etc. The naming
1125-682: The Kaul family tree. Malayali surname includes Nair, Menon, Pillai, Nambootri, Panikkar, and Kurup. Some Malayalis follow similar naming customs to Tamils and people in South Karnataka, using Village name – Father's name – Personal name . Some Muslim Malayalis also follow this system, though their first names follow the Islamic system. Members of the Menon, Nair, and related communities often use their mother's house name or directly add their caste name. For example, Kannoth Karunakaran , Karunakaran
1170-607: The Konkani Catholics have Portuguese surnames like Rodrigues, Fernandes, Pereira and D'Souza. Catholic families belonging to the Roman Catholic Brahmin (Bamonn) caste use lusophonised versions of Hindu surnames like Prabhu, Bhat, etc. Gujarati names follow a pattern of Given name , Father's given name , and Surname ; for example, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi . After marriage, a woman takes her husband's patronymic as her new middle name. The surname
1215-439: The M stands for Marudhur , and G stands for Gopalan, the father's name. Another example is R. Karthik, where R stands for Ravichandran, the father's name). There is a widespread usage of a patronym (use of the father's given name as the last name). This means that the first name of one generation becomes the last name of the next. In many cases, the father's given name appears as an initial and when written in full (for example, on
1260-521: The Sun and the Moon, Vasant and Sharad for spring and autumn respectively, names of film stars (e.g. Amit after Amitabh Bachchan ) or sportsmen, and after virtues (e.g., Vinay for modesty). Nicknames such as Dada, Bandu, Balu, Sonya and Pillu for males and Chhabu and Bebi for girls have been popular too. A large number of Maharashtrian surnames are derived by adding the suffix kar to the village from which
1305-489: The family originally hailed. For example, Junnarkar came from town of Junnar , Waghulkar comes from the town of Waghul. Names like Kumbhar , Sutar , Kulkarni , Deshpande , Deshmukh , Patil , Pawar , Desai , and Joshi denote the family's ancestral trade or professions. Families of the historical Maratha chiefs use their clan name as their surname. Some of these are Jadhav , Bhosale , Chavan , Shinde , Shirke, More , Nimbalkar, Pawar , and Ghatge. Members of
1350-485: The first name is followed by the father's name, though this is now mostly observed by Hindus, who are traditionally patriarchal. Village names were used only after the arrival of the Portuguese, when the people migrated from their ancestral villages. A suffix kar or hailing from was attached to the village name. Many of the originally Hindu residents were converted to Catholicism by the Portuguese. Almost all of
1395-554: The lower strata of Gujarati society adopt Sanskrit names in mimicry of higher strata, who must then create new names from native or foreign sources to maintain status. Another factor he states is the declining religiosity of modern generations. This naming custom is prevalent throughout the Hindi Belt , and is also followed also by groups in this region who may not speak a Hindi-related language variety as their first language such as Gonds or Santals . Northern naming customs follow
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1440-544: The number of paiks they could command, and these titles are often still used as surnames today. Titles such as Bora (20), Saika (100), Hazarika (1000) imply that their ancestors commanded 20, 100 or 1000 men. The topmost ranks were granted titles such as Phukan , Barua and Rajkhowa. Some titles, such as Phukan, derive from Tai Ahom rather than Assamese. These surnames can be held by people from any community. For instance, in Binanda Chandra Barua , Binanda
1485-526: The numerically largest Maratha - Kunbi cultivator class among Marathi people have also adopted some of the Maratha clan names, whether to indicate allegiance to the Maratha chief they served, or as an attempt at upward mobility. Punjabi Hindus generally follow North Indian naming conventions and Muslims generally follow Islamic naming conventions. Sikh names often have the following format: First name – Religious name – Family name . The religious name
1530-468: The onset of a word. As an example, the Indian name 'Dev' would not have its first consonant pronounced as in the American name 'Dave'. Similarly the name 'Tarun' would not have its first consonant sounded as in 'Tom'. The letter 'h' is used to represent aspirated consonants. So, in the names 'Khare', 'Ghanshyam', 'Kaccha', 'Jhumki', 'Vitthal', 'Ranchodh', 'Siddharth', 'Phaneesh', and 'Bhanu,' the 'h' means
1575-494: The original on 17 November 2018 . Retrieved 17 January 2014 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Binanda_Chandra_Barua&oldid=1225863476 " Categories : Assamese-language poets 1901 births 1994 deaths Poets from Assam Asom Sahitya Sabha Presidents 20th-century Indian poets Indian male poets 20th-century Indian male writers Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
1620-537: The policitcan's name is Antony while his father's name is Kurien, while his family name is Arackaparambil. During the 20th century some names were created by joining two or more syllables. For example, Abey (AB), Aji (AG), Bibi (BB), Biji (BG), Siby (CB) and so on. Today, several Syrian Christians name their children with popular Indian names like Deepak , Rahul, Neethu, Asha etc. But by the 21st century more biblical names began to reappear. Thus names like, Isaac , Joshua , David , Saul , Ezekiel , Timothy , appeared on
1665-589: The road), Kattimani (house with a platform in its front), Bevinmarad (person having a big neem tree near his house), and Hunasimarad (person having a big tamarind tree near his house). A carpenter will have Badigar as a surname, while Mirjankar , Belagavi , Hublikar , and Jamkhandi are surnames drawn from places. Angadi (shop), Amavasya (new moon day), Kage (crow), Bandi (bullock cart), Kuri (sheep), Kudari (horse), Toppige (cap), Beegadkai (key), Pyati (market), Hanagi (comb), and Rotti (bread) are some other surnames. In coastal Karnataka,
1710-446: The scene. Marathi people of Hindu religion follow a partially patronymic naming system. For example, it is customary to associate the father's name with the given name. In the case of married women, the husband's name is associated with the given name. Therefore, the constituents of a Marathi name as given name/first name, father/husband name, family name/surname. For example: Marathi Hindus choose given names for their children from
1755-492: The sound before it should be pronounced with a strong outward breath (see Aspirated consonant for more on this). These names are more likely to be found in places that speak an Indo-Aryan language like Bhojpuri or Gujarati. Assamese names follow the First name – Middle name – Surname or First name – Surname pattern. The Paik system used by various Assamese kingdoms, most notably the Ahom , granted men titles depending on
1800-622: The surnames are different in different regions. Surnames like Hegde and Hebbar belong to the Brahmin community, while other titles like Ballal , Shetty , and Rai are mostly used by the landed Bunt community. Names in coastal Karnataka have both systems Village name – Father's name – Personal name – Surname and Personal name – Father's name – Surname . Names in South Karnataka follow Village name – Father's name – Personal name – Surname . Examples: For married women, it
1845-833: The usage of got names as surnames because they think it promotes the caste system and the discrimination that comes from it, which is against Sikh doctrines. Sikhs tend to marry someone belonging to a different got as themself whilst belonging to the same zat . Since the second-half of the 20th century, some Sikhs from socially and economically-disadvantaged castes have adopted the gotra names of privileged castes as their surnames in an attempt to hide their original caste-background and seek upward social mobility. Sardar for males and Sardarni for females are sometimes prefixed as titles. A lot of Sikh first names can be used by both sexes. Tamil names usually follow this pattern: Initial (Village name) – Initial (Father's name) – First name – Surname (Example: M.G. Ramachandran , where
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1890-632: The vowel characters to denote sounds different from conventional American or British English. Although some languages, like Kannada or Tamil, may have different vowel sounds, the ones used in most major Indian languages are represented in this table along with typical English transcriptions. Furthermore, the letters used in English /t/ and /d/ that are used to represent the retroflex stops /ʈ/ and /ɖ/, are also used to represent dental stops /t̪/ and /d̪/ (as in Tenginkai or Rohit), especially when they occur in
1935-528: Was originally named Inquilab Srivastava, Akshay Kumar was named Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia, and Dilip Kumar was originally named Muhammad Yusuf Khan. In many parts of India, the practice of name “doubling” is now wide-spread, i.e. a citizen adopts a “caste-neutral” last name for school, work and official settings, but retains a traditional name for personal interaction or to access certain state schemes. When written in Latin script, Indian names may use
1980-493: Was a noted Indian writer and poet of Assamese literature from Teok , Assam . He is popularly known as Dhwoni Kobi . His pen-name is Kerpai Sarma . He was President of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1966. Some of the popular books of the writer are Gargaon, Sankhadhwani, Jaidhwani and Pratidhwani etc. 'Garhgaon' is an eminent poem of him where he describes the royalty of the capital Garhgaon in Ahom kingdom . He
2025-533: Was honored with the title of Sahityacharya by the Assam Sahitya Sabha in 1989. He contributed to the development of Assamese drama during the pre-independence period . His son is eminent Indian painter and artist Neel Pawan Barua who is married to noted Assamese singer Dipali Barthakur . References [ edit ] ^ Sarma, Anjali (1990). Among the luminaries in Assam ;:
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