Pal (surname)

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Pal, alternatively spelt Paul, is a common surname found in India and Bangladesh. It is traditionally believed that 'Pal' originated from the Sanskrit pala meaning protector, keeper, guard or herdsman. [1] [2] It is also occasionally found in other countries.

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The surname Pal (or Paul) is found in Bengal among Bengali Kayasthas. [3] [4] Historian Tej Ram Sharma mentions that the surname is "now confined to Kayasthas of Bengal" while referring to the names of Brahmins ending in such Kayastha surnames in the early inscriptions dating back to the Gupta period. [3]

Pal is very frequently used as a surname by the Bengali Hindu potters (Kumbhakars), [5] [6] and other castes like Teli, [6] Tili, Malakar (garland makers), Shankhari (conch shell sellers), Barujibi, Subarnabanik and Sadgop. [7] [8]

The saint Gwalipa told Suraj Sen, the ruler of Gwalior, to adopt the surname Pal, which remains prevalent up to eighty-three descendants of Suraj Sen. [9]

The Ahirs in Central India use Pal as a surname. [10]

One Gopāla founded Pala dynasty in Bengal and Bihar in 8th Century. [2] In imitation of Pal dynasty of Assam, the Chutia (pronounced as Sutia) also took the surname of Pal. [11]

Pal was also a popular surname among the Parmar Rajput rulers of the Garhwal. [12] [13]

Pal is a surname of the Thakuri people of Nepal. [14] : 22 

Among Sikhs, Pal is often used as suffix to the given name or a middle name. [15]

The rulers of Kullu held the surname Pal up to about the 15th century A.D., which they later changed to Singh. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ Sharma, Tej Ram (1978). Personal and Geographical Names in the Gupta Empire. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company. p. 56.
  2. 1 2 Hanks, Patrick (2003-05-08). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. p. 40. ISBN   978-0-19-977169-1.
  3. 1 2 Sharma, Tej Ram (1978). Personal and Geographical Names in the Gupta Empire. New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company. p. 115.
  4. ↑ Inden, Ronald B. (1976). Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture: A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal. University of California Press. p. 40. ISBN   978-0-520-02569-1.
  5. ↑ Alexander Nemerov (2001). The Body of Raphaelle Peale: Still Life and Selfhood, 1812-1824. University of California Press. pp. 206, 259. ISBN   9780520224988.
  6. 1 2 Amal Datta (2003). Human Migration: A Social Phenomenon. Mittal Publications. p. 143. ISBN   9788170998334.
  7. ↑ Marvin Davis (1983). Rank and Rivalry: The Politics of Inequality in Rural West Bengal. CUP Archive. p. 65. ISBN   9780521288804.
  8. ↑ Bhattacharya, Saswati (2022-06-24). Potters without a Wheel: Ethnography of the Mritshilpis in Kolkata. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-1-000-59863-6.
  9. ↑ Trudy Ring; Robert M. Salkin; Sharon La Boda (1994). International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania. Taylor & Francis. p. 312. ISBN   9781884964046.
  10. ↑ André Wink (2002). Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World: Early Medieval India and the Expansion of Islam 7Th-11th Centuries. BRILL. p. 293. ISBN   9780391041738.
  11. ↑ Swami Bangovinda Parampanthi (1987). Bhagawan Parashuram and Evolution of Culture in North-East India. Daya Publishing House, Original from the University of Michigan. p. 109. ISBN   9788170350330.
  12. ↑ Ajay S. Rawat (2002). Garhwal Himalayas: A Study in Historical Perspective. Indus Publishing. pp. 278, 275. ISBN   9788173871368.
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