Nepali
names are used in the country of Nepal in southern Asia.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
ARYA आर्य, आर्या Persian, Afghani, Urdu, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Odia, Malayalam, Thai, Khmer, Lao, Burmese, Malay, IndonesianFrom the given name
ARYA (1).
ARYAL अर्याल NepaliNepali Hindu surname of unknown meaning.
BUT भट्ट Indian, Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Sindhi, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, KhmerVariant of
BUTT.
CHHETRI क्षत्री Nepali, Indian, BengaliDerived from Sanskrit क्षत्रिय
(kṣatríya), the name of the Hindu social class consisting of warriors and rulers.
DANGAL दङ्गाल Nepali (Modern)The surname Dangal is supposed to be the shortened form of the demonym Dangali (pronounced DHAA-NGAA-LEE) for Dang (pronounced DHAA-NG), a district in Mid-Western Nepal. The surname is found to have been adopted by various communities, especially the Tiwaris (for the surname Tiwari), after they migrated to various regions of the countries and the locals in those regions referred to them as Dangalis (later shortened to Dangal) instead of their original surnames.
DHUNGANA ढुङगाना NepaliFrom the name of a village in Nepal called Dhungani.
KHATIWADA खतिवडा NepaliFrom the name of a village in the Doti District of Nepal.
KHATRI खत्री Indian, Gujarati, Marathi, Hindi, Punjabi, NepaliName for a member of the Kshatriya caste, derived from Sanskrit क्षत्रिय
(kshatriya) referring to the Hindu caste consisting of kings, warriors and soldiers, ultimately from क्षत्र
(kshatra) meaning "power, might, dominion".
KOIRALA कोइराला NepaliFrom the name of the village of Koirali in Nepal.
KUMARI कुमारी Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Tamil, Nepali, SinhaleseMeans "(young) girl, daughter, princess" in Sanskrit.
LAMA Tibetan, NepaliA Buddhist name found among people of Tibet and Nepal, from the Tibetan
blama, meaning "priest" or "monk".
LAMICHHANE लामिछाने NepaliMeans "long roof" from Nepali लामो
(lāmo) meaning "long" and छाना
(chānā) meaning "roof". It was traditionally used to refer to families that lived in houses with longer roofs.
NARAIN नारायण 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 Indian, Odia, Gujarati, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Konkani, NepaliFrom a title derived from Sanskrit नायक
(nayaka) meaning "hero, leader".
NEPAL नेपाल NepaliName for someone from the village of Nepa in western-central Nepal.
PARAJULI पराजुली NepaliFrom the name of a village in Dailekh District called Parajul.
RAJANI रजनी 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 राजुल Indian, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Bengali, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, OdiaVariant of
RAJU.
RAYAMAJHI रायमाझी NepaliProbably a portmanteau of the Nepali words meaning 'Royal Fishmongers'. A member of the Rajput-Chhetri subcaste of Nepali family names.
SHAKYA शाक्य Nepali, Indian, HindiFrom the name of an ancient clan that inhabited parts of present-day Nepal and northern India. The name may have been derived from Sanskrit शाक
(shaka) or शक
(shaka) referring to the Sakas, a group of nomadic Iranian peoples, or from शक्य
(shakya) meaning "possible, capable".
SHERPA शेर्पा 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] SHRESTHA श्रेष्ठ NepaliMeans "excellent" in Nepali, ultimately from Sanskrit श्रेष्ठ
(shreshtha) meaning "best, most excellent".
SHRIVASTAV श्रीवास्तव Indian, Hindi, NepaliHindu Kayasth surname meaning "from Srivasta" in Sanskrit, referring to the Srivasta (श्रीवत्स) subgroup of the the Kayasth caste. The name itself means "beloved of Sri" or "child of Sri" from the name of the Hindu goddess
SHRI (
LAKSHMI) combined with वत्स
(vatsá) meaning "child, offspring, son".
SURYA सूर्य 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 ठाकुर Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, Odia, Assamese, Gujarati, NepaliFrom a feudal title meaning "lord, master", derived from Sanskrit ठक्कुर
(thakkura) meaning "deity".
THARU थारू, थारु NepaliPossibly refers to the Tharu, an indigenous ethnic group of Nepal.