In 1699 Guru Gobind Singh gave all his Sikh female followers the surname Kaur and all males Singh.

Hindu last names. Some examples of Indian Last Names are Choudary Naidu Varma Singh Burman Raja Reddy Tagore Thakur. These are the surnames of the upper class caste. Besides Indian baby names like Shetty Paradise are merchants.

Means princess ultimately from Sanskrit कमर kumari meaning girl. It is an epithet of the God Krishna. Comes from a Sanskrit word lala which means darling.

Ahluwalia A descendant from Ahlu a village near Lahore. All these surnames are synonymous with Agarwals. For Kshatriyas the last name could be Singh which means lion For Vaisyas Agrawal meaning people of Agroha and for Shudras Patel meaning leader of the village Other examples of Hindu surnames are Acharya spiritual teacher and Khatri messenger.

Pages in category Hindu surnames The following 58 pages are in this category out of 58 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. Official Name If you ever get a chance to see your Indian friends passport or PAN card you might be surprised by the names.

Ahuja A descendant of Ahu. List of Indian Surnames starting with M a largest collection of over 25000 Indian and International surnames find meaning state or region of family origin mother tongue religion and other information related to surname or family names. This is the name of several minor characters in Hindu texts and is also another name of the Hindu god Krishna.

Sunita सनत f Hinduism Indian Hindi Marathi Nepali Means well conducted wise derived from the Sanskrit prefix स su meaning good combined with नत nita. List of Tamil Surnames a largest collection of over 25000 Indian and International surnames find meaning state or region of family origin mother tongue religion and other information related to surname or family names. Agroha had 18 districts - Garg Mangal Kucchal Goyan Goyal Bansal Kansal Singhal Jindal Thingal Airan Dharan Madhukul Bindal Mittal Tayal Bhandal and Naagal.