Pokhrel

Pokhrel

Pronunciation	/ˈpoʊkrɛl/
Language	Hindi, Nepali, Kumaoni, Sanskrit
Origin
Language	Khas
Word/name	India, Nepal
Meaning	Toponym of Pokhar village in Dailekh district
Other names
Variant forms	Pokhrel, Pokharel, Pokhariyal
See also	Poudel, Bhattarai, Adhikari, Subedi

Pokharel or Pokhrel is a surname found among the Bahuns (Hill Brahmins) of Nepal in Pokhara and Indian Brahmins in Uttarakhand. It derives from the city of Pokhara in Nepal. ^[1]

Notable people

• Ramesh Pokhriyal, Indian politician
• Aananda Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Aastha Pokharel, Nepali model
• Bal Krishna Pokharel, Nepali writer and historian
• Bidhyanath Pokhrel, Nepali poet and politician
• Bina Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Cool Pokhrel, Nepali singer
• Dibesh Pokharel, Nepali singer, known by his stage name Arthur Gunn
• Giriraj Mani Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Ishwar Pokhrel, Nepali politician
• Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal, Indian police official and mountaineer
• Khadga Bahadur Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Krishna Bhakta Pokhrel, Nepali politician
• Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Laxmi Prasad Pokhrel, Nepali politician
• Mariska Pokharel, Nepali actress
• Menuka Kumari Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Narayan Pokharel, Nepali Hindu preacher
• Pushpa Raj Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Ram Chandra Pokhrel, Nepali politician
• Rishikesh Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Saigrace Pokharel, Nepali filmmaker
• Shankar Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Sugam Pokharel, Nepali singer
• Suman Pokhrel, Nepali poet and playwright
• Sunil Pokharel, Nepali theater director
• Trilochan Pokhrel, Indian independence activist

References

1. Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Oxford University Press.