Kapur an Indian surname of Punjabi origin. Notable people with the surname include:
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.
Dorfman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ahuja is a Punjabi and Sindhi Hindu and Sikh surname. It is held by Hindus and Sikhs of Arora, Jat, and Amil Lohana communities. Ahuja means "descendant of Ahu".
Chakraborty is a surname of Bengali Hindus and Assamese Hindus of India and Bangladesh, which literally means 'wheels rolling'; metaphorically it denotes a ruler whose chariot wheels roll everywhere without obstruction. The surname is used by people of the kulin Bengali Brahmin and Assamese Brahmin communities in States of West Bengal,Tripura and Assam.
Kapoor or Kapur is a Punjabi surname of Khatri caste found in the Punjabi Hindu, Sikh and Muslim communities.
Viswanathan is a male given name in South India and Sri Lanka. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. It is of Hindu origin and derives from višvanatha, meaning "lord of the universe", + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n.
Pathak is a surname native to India and Nepal. Pathak is mainly used by Hindu Brahmin communities of North India, East India and Western India.
Shetty is a surname originating from coastal Karnataka state of India. Found amongst the Bunt community, they were traditionally a part of the Nagavanshi Kshatriyas. The word 'Shetray' is anglicised as Shetty, meaning nobility.
Akhtar means "star" in Persian and is used in Pashto for Nowruz and Eid Day. It is also a common surname. A variant spelling is Akhter.
Sahni, Sawhney, Sahani, or Sahney is a Punjabi Khatri surname found among the Hindus and Sikhs of Punjab, India. It is also used by people from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Bengal and other parts of Central India.
Balakrishna or Balakrishnan is Hindu surname, derived from Bala Krishna. Notable people with the surname include:
Sengupta is a Bengali surname found among the Bengalis of West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and Bangladesh. They belong to the Baidya caste of Bengal. The surname is a compound of Sen and Gupta.
Chowdhury is a title of honour, usually hereditary, originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is an adaption from Sanskrit. During the Mughal rule, it was a title awarded to eminent people, while during British rule, the term was associated with zamindars and social leaders. The common female equivalent was Chowdhurani.
Arunachalam or Arunachala is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
Kishore ([kɪʃoːr]) is an Indian name that may refer to:
Anuradha, sometimes shortened as Anu, is an Indian feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Iqbal is a name and surname meaning "good fortune" and "prosperity" but also the Punjabi meaning of "power", "force", and "one who is strong".
Kunal Kapoor may refer to: