Mishra is a surname found among Hindu Brahmin, in the northern, eastern, western and central parts of India and in Nepal. This is the list of notable people with Mishra surname, who may or may not be associated with Brahmin caste.
Trivedi is a family name from northern and western India reflecting the mastery over three of the four vedas. In Sanskrit Trivedi means 'one that knows the three Vedas’, from tri = 'three' + veda ‘(sacred) knowledge' leading to vedi = 'to see'. Similar family names are Chaturvedi and Dwivedi. They are also known as Tripathi and Tiwari in some parts of north India.
Goswami is an Indian surname. It is also pronounced as, Gosains, Gosine, Gossain, Gosain, Gossains and Gosavi.
Rahul is a popular male name in India and has a variety of meanings. The earliest meaning found in the Upanishads is "conqueror of all miseries." Later use of the word is attributed to the Buddha, who named his son Rahula as he felt that family ties could be an obstacle in the path to renunciation and nirvana. Buddha uttered Rahul when he first saw his son and gave a new meaning "relationship" and "bondage" to this name. Rahul means Moon, Able/efficient in Sanskrit and Pali. Rahul also means "Traveler" in Arabic.
Sharma is a Hindu Brahmin surname. The Sanskrit stem ṣárman- can mean 'joyfulness', 'comfort', 'happiness'. Sarma and Sarmah are alternative English spellings of the name, commonly used by Assamese Brahmins.
Pandey (पाण्डेय) surname is from the Sanskrit: Pandit which means a learned person or a scholar who is able to feel the Truth, Knowledge of God according to the Hindu Philosophy. They are Brahmins, mainly residing at different north Indian states including Uttar Pradesh, India, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Maharashtra, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, also in Nepal.
Varmā, Verma, Varman, or Burman are surnames found in India and Southeast Asia. These surnames are commonly used by people of different castes and ethnic groups across the region. The surname is used in North India by some of the groups among cluster of castes called Kayasthas. However, in the same region along with Central India, it can also be found among castes like Lodhi rajputs, Prajapats, Kurmis and Koeris.
Tiwari, from Sanskrit 'tripāṭhin', is a Hindu surname found in India and Nepal. Alternative spellings include Tiwary and Tewari.
Mukherjee, also Mukerjee, Mookerjea, Mookerjee, Mukerji, Mukherji, Mukhujje or Mookherjee, is a Bengali Hindu Kulin Brahmin surname originating from the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. The traditional Bengali version is Mukhopaddhae, which is sometimes written Mukhopadhyay.
Chakraborty is a surname of Bengali Hindus and Assamese Hindus of India and Bangladesh, the surname is used by people of the Bengali Brahmin and Assamese Brahmin communities.
Arun is an Indian male given name from the Sanskrit language.
Dutta, also spelled Datta, is an Indian family name Its variation is Dutt.
Subramaniam, Subrahmaniam, Subramaniam or Subramanian is a South Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. The etymology of the name is from Sanskrit; however, a common translation is "pure, white, fresh", or "clarity in full". Proposed translation is derived from merging two common Sanskrit words su-bra-, meaning "white, clear" or "transparent," and ani-ya, meaning wearing; the name translates precisely as "person with Transparent Qualities or GOD". Subramania is one of the many names of the Hindu god Karthikeya, also known as Kumara or Murugan.
Tripathi or Tripathy is a Hindu Brahmin family name in India and Nepal. Trivedi and Tiwari are variants of the name.
Bharadwaj is a surname mostly used by Brahmins. Notable people with the surname include:
Kumar, meaning child, may be used as a personal title, a given name or a family name. It was also the name of Kartikeya, the son of Shiva.
Raja is a common given name and a surname, derived from Sanskrit राजन् (rajan), meaning "king", "ruler".
Chhetri is a Nepali surname. Spellings include Chetri, Chhetri and Chhetry. Notable people with the surname include:
Mallik or Mallick is a native Bengali surname. The surname is found among the Bengali Kayastha, Namasudra as well as the Bengali Muslim community of India and Bangladesh.
Srivastav or Shrivastava or Srivastava is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
