Bengali
names are used in Bangladesh and eastern India.
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ABDUL আব্দুল Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Bengali, PunjabiFrom Arabic عبد ال (
abdul) meaning "servant of the", commonly used as a prefix for given names (such as عبد العزيز (
'Abd al-'Aziz) meaning "servant of the powerful").
ALAM আলম Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, PersianMeans "world, universe" (عالم) or "flag, sign, mark" (علم) in Arabic. This spelling represents two separate words in Arabic.
ANJUM আনজুম Urdu, BengaliMeans "stars", the plural of Arabic نَجْم
(najm) meaning "star".
ARYA আর্য Persian, Afghani, Urdu, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Odia, Malayalam, Thai, Khmer, Lao, Burmese, Malay, IndonesianFrom the given name
ARYA (1).
BAIG বাইগ Indian (Muslim), Bengali, Assamese, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Punjabi, Turkish, ArabicDerived from the Ottoman Turkish title بك (
beg) (modern Turkish
bey) meaning "ruler, chief, lord, master". It is especially common in Pakistan and the Maghreb.
BAKSHI বক্সী Indian, Bengali, PunjabiDerived from Persian بخشی
(baxši) meaning "paymaster, scribe, secretary", used as a title for officials who distributed wages in Muslim armies.
BANGLA বাংলা BengaliFrom বাংলা
(Bangla), the endonym of the Bengali people, the region of Bengal (including Bangladesh), and the Bengali language. The word itself is derived either from
Vanga, the name of an ancient kingdom on the Indian subcontinent, or from an Austric word meaning "sun god".
BHOWMIK ভৌমিক Indian, BengaliMeans "landowner, landlord" in Bengali, ultimately derived from Sanskrit भूमि
(bhūmi) "earth, soil, ground".
CHATTOPADHYAY চট্টোপাধ্যায় BengaliFrom
Chatta, the name of a village, and Sanskrit उपाध्याय
(upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, instructor".
CHHETRI ছেত্ৰী Nepali, Indian, BengaliDerived from Sanskrit क्षत्रिय
(kṣatríya), the name of the Hindu social class consisting of warriors and rulers.
DEBNATH দেবনাথ Indian, Bengali, AssameseDerived from Sanskrit देव
(devá) meaning "deity, god" combined with नाथ
(nāthá) meaning "possessor, owner".
DEO দেও Indian, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Malayalam, KannadaVariant of
DEV.
DHAR ধর Indian, BengaliDerived from Sanskrit उद्धार
(uddhara) meaning "credit, deliverance, redemption".
ELLYAS এলিয়াস Arabic, Somali, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Pashto, Punjabi, Indian (Muslim), Ethiopian, Ge'ez, Amharic, Filipino, Malay, Indonesian, TurkishForm of
ILYAS or
ELIAS found in several languages.
GANGOPADHYAY গঙ্গোপাধ্যায় BengaliFrom the name of the Ganges River (also the name of a villge) combined with Sanskrit उपाध्याय
(upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, instructor, priest".
GOSWAMI গোস্বামী Indian, Bengali, Hindi, AssameseDerived from Sanskrit गोस्वामिन्
(gosvamin) meaning "religious mendicant" (literally "owner of cows" or "lord of cows"), from गो
(go) meaning "cow" and स्वामिन्
(svamin) meaning "owner, lord, master".
HALDAR হালদার Indian, BengaliProbably from Sanskrit हलधर
(haladhara) meaning "one who holds a plough", an epithet of the Hindu god
Balarama.
HAQ হক Urdu, BengaliFrom Arabic حَقّ
(ḥaqq) meaning "true, right, real".
HAZRA হাজরা Indian, BengaliPossibly from the name of a location near Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
KAJAL কাজল Indian, Gujarati, BengaliDerived from Sanskrit कज्जल
(kajjala) meaning "collyrium, lotion" or "ink, soot", though it also refers to
kohl, a dark powder used as a eye makeup.
KARAL Indian, BengaliThis Surname was given in honour by the Britishers to Nikhil Chandra Banerjee to recognize his efforts in constructing The Karali Kali temple in Dhaka,now the capital of Bangladesh. It was a very expensive construction and still attracts tourists every year...
[more] KARMAKAR কর্মকার Indian, Bengali, AssamesePerhaps derived from Sanskrit कर्म
(kárma) meaning "action, performance, deed". This is the name of a Bengali Hindu caste of blacksmiths.
KUL গুল Pakistani, Pashto, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese, Sindhi, Balochi, Urdu, Persian, Kurdish, Odia, Thai, Khmer, LaoDerived from Persian گل (
gol) meaning "flower" or "rose".
KUMARI কুমারী Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Tamil, Nepali, SinhaleseMeans "(young) girl, daughter, princess" in Sanskrit.
MUKHOPADHYAY মুখোপাধ্যায় BengaliFrom Sanskrit मुख्य
(mukhya) meaning "chief" and उपाध्याय
(upadhyaya) meaning "teacher, instructor, priest".
NARAIN নারায়ণ Indian, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Fijian, Cook Islands Maori, Trinidadian Creole, Mauritian CreoleFrom the given name
NARAYAN.
NAYAK নায়ক Indian, Odia, Gujarati, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Konkani, NepaliFrom a title derived from Sanskrit नायक
(nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
PATHAN পাঠান Indian (Muslim), Bengali, Urdu, PashtoDerived from Hindustani पठान
(paṭhān) meaning "a Pashtun (person)", referring to the Pashtun ethnic group inhabiting present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is sometimes used by Pashtuns who ancestrally migrated to India.
PRASAD প্রসাদ Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Odia, KannadaFrom Sanskrit प्रसाद
(prasadā) meaning "clearness, brightness, purity, graciousness", ultimately from प्रसद्
(prasad) "to fall into the power of". In Hinduism and Sikhism, the term refers to a type of religious food...
[more] RAJAL রাজাল Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, MalayalamVariant of
RAJA.
RAJANI রজনী Indian, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, MalaysianMeaning unknown, either from the titles
RAJAN,
RAJA, or
RAJ, or from the given name
RAJANI.
RAJUL রাজুল Indian, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Bengali, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, OdiaVariant of
RAJU.
SEN সেন BengaliDerived from Sanskrit सेना
(sena) meaning "army, armament".
SHEIKH শেখ Arabic, Bengali, UrduFrom the Arabic title شَيْخ
(šayḵ) meaning "chief, chieftain, head". It is used to denote a political or spiritual leader of a Muslim community.
SHERPA শেরপা Nepali, Indian, Tibetan, BengaliFrom the name of the
Sherpa people, a Tibetic ethnic group inhabiting Nepal, China, Bhutan, and the Himalayas. The name itself is derived from Sherpa ཤར
(shar) meaning "east" and
wa "people" (thus, "people of the east" or "eastern people"), a reference to their origin in northeastern Nepal...
[more] SIDDIQUI সিদ্দিকা Arabic, Urdu, BengaliFrom Arabic صَادِق
(ṣādiq) meaning "true, truthful, veracious". It was traditionally used as an honorific title or a nickname for a trustworthy person.
SURYA সূর্য Indian, Urdu, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Odia, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Indonesian, JavaneseDerived from Sanskrit सूर्य (
sū́rya) meaning "sun" (see the given name
SURYA).
THAKUR ঠাকুর Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Odia, Assamese, Gujarati, NepaliFrom a feudal title meaning "lord, master", derived from Sanskrit ठक्कुर
(thakkura) meaning "deity".
UDDIN উদ্দিন Bengali, Urdu, TausugFrom Arabic الدين
(ad-dīn) meaning "the religion", commonly used as a suffix for given names.
ULLAH উল্লাহ Arabic, Urdu, BengaliMeans "of Allah, of God" from Arabic اللّٰه
(Allah) referring to the monotheistic god in Islam. It is commonly used as a component in given names.
WALI ওয়ালি Urdu, Pashto, Bengali, ArabicDerived from Arabic وَلِيّ
(waliyy) meaning "helper, friend, protector", used in Islam to describe a saint.
XATUN জাটুন Indian, Hindi, Assamese, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Pashto, Odia, Punjabi, Kurdish, Azerbaijani, Albanian, BosnianAlternate transcription of
KHATUN. It is common in Xinjiang, China. It is also sometimes borne by Georgians and Armenians of Azerbaijani descent.