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Type Surname (from location)
Scripts नेहरू(Hindi)
Meaning & History
From Sanskrit नहर (nahar, nehar) meaning "canal". This name was borne by Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964), the first Prime Minister of India. His earliest recorded ancestor Raj Kaul adopted the name when, upon moving from Kashmir to Delhi, he was granted a jagir (feudal land grant) with a house situated on the banks of a canal. The family name was then later changed from Kaul-Nehru to simply Nehru.