Bengali Surnames
Bengali names are used in Bangladesh and eastern India.
13 surnames in our directory
Bengali
13Akhter is a variant transcription of the Persian-derived name Akhtar, used primarily as a surname in Bengali and Urdu-speaking communities. The name originates from Persian akhtar, meaning "star," and is also used in Pas...
Akter is a Bengali surname, representing an alternate transcription of the Bengali word আখতার (see Akhtar). The name ultimately derives from the Persian word اختر (akhtar), meaning "star". In Persian and Pashto, Akhtar i...
Bandyopadhyay is a Bengali Brahmin surname primarily used by the Rarhi clan of the Hindu Bengali Brahmin caste. It originates from the village of Bandoghat in present-day West Bengal, India, combined with the word upadha...
Etymology and OriginBanerjee (also Bandyopadhyay) is a Bengali Kulin Brahmin surname, originating from the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. The name is derived from the village of Bandoghat, combined with upadha...
Begam is an alternate transcription of Begum, a title and surname derived from a feminine form of the Turkic title beg (modern Turkish bey), meaning “chieftain” or “higher official.”EtymologyLike Begum itself, Begam orig...
Begum (also spelled Begam) is a surname derived from a honorific title traditionally used for Muslim women in South Asia and the Middle East, particularly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and parts of Central Asia. The ti...
Bhattacharya is a Bengali surname derived from the Sanskrit title भट्ट (bhaṭṭa) meaning "scholar, lord" and आचार्य (ācārya) meaning "teacher".Etymology and HistoryThis surname is a combination of two venerable Sanskrit t...
Chaudhuri is an alternate transcription of the Bengali surname চৌধুরী, and is related to Chowdhury, a hereditary title of honor originating from the Indian subcontinent. The root title, Chaudhary, derives from a Sanskrit...
Choudhury is a Bengali surname that originates as an alternate transcription of the Bengali চৌধুরী (Chowdhury). It is a title of honor, rooted in the Sanskrit elements catur ("four") and dhurīya ("bearing a burden"), col...
Chowdhury is a Bengali surname derived from the title Chaudhary, which originates from Sanskrit words meaning "holder of four" (from catur "four" and dhurīya "bearing a burden"). Historically, it was a hereditary title o...
Das is a surname primarily found across the Indian subcontinent. Its usage spans Bengali, Punjabi, Hindi, Marathi, and Odia-speaking communities. The name originates from the Sanskrit word dāsa, meaning "servant" or "dev...
Gupta is a common surname of Indian origin, derived from the Sanskrit word goptṛ (गोप्तृ), which means "guardian," "protector," or "protected." The name is prevalent among various communities across India, particularly i...
Kamal is a surname originating from the Arabic given name Kamal (كمال), meaning "perfection" or "completion." It is common in Arabic, Bengali, and Urdu-speaking communities, often indicating descent from an ancestor bea...