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Articles: My Thoughts | | Our Surnames | |
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| Dear Sir, A very interesting article on surnames. On such obscure suramnes such as Vepa , Sonti, Burra etc, one thing is common, most them are for erstwhileNorthern Circars and as far the surname Vepa is concerned, according to family lore an iterant Maharastrian Brahmin who came to Bhimlipatnam and settled down to take up a job at the British East India factory there, sometime around early eighteenth century (circa 1700). He was of Koundanysa Gothra and it was said that there was a Neem Tree in the house and hence came the name !
Vepa K. Sadasivam
Posted by: Mr. Krishnamurthy Sadasivam Vepa At: 13, Feb 2004 8:34:52 AM IST
In history Ghajani was one of the famous Moghul Empreor. Funny, Ghajani looks like Advani, Devayani, Kubchandani like a Sindhi. In Iran you will find names similar to Sindhis like " Deghani ".
In fact the truth Ghajani is a place it's not person name. His name is Mohammad but you will find many with this name so, he was calle " Mohammad Ghjani". If a student answers only with " Ghajani " do you give marks to him ?
Posted by: Mr. M Kumar N At: 14, Nov 2003 12:17:10 PM IST
You will find " Chowdary " in pakistan ofcourse different religion.
Posted by: Mr. M Kumar N At: 13, Nov 2003 4:07:56 PM IST
nice one professor..:)
Posted by: Mr. raja babu At: 12, Nov 2003 8:07:43 PM IST
Trivedi, Mahajan, Kulkarni they are not people's name infact they are surname(family name). There are many differences between south and north including the way we write surname ( family )and people's name. North Indians write the person name first and then the family name last. South Indians write family name first and then person name. Those who did higher studies else where will observe this difference.
In Kerala Nambudripad, Pillai, Nair etc., are the family names ( surnames).In Kerala mass religion change took place. There after you will find hundreads of George, thousands of Varghese. So, agian they lost identity and resumed by Cochin George, or Trichur George or Kozikode Varghese.
Posted by: Mr. M Kumar N At: 12, Nov 2003 3:46:38 PM IST
Trivedi, Mahajan, Kulkarni they are not people's name infact they are surname(family name). There are many differences between south and north including the way we write surname ( family )and people's name. North Indians write the person name first and then the family name last. South Indians write faily name first and then person name. Those who did higher studies else where will observe this difference.
In Kerala Nambudripad, Pillai, Nair etc., are the family names ( surnames).In Kerala mass religion change took place. There after you will find hundreads of George, thousands of Varghese. So, agian they lost identity and resumed by Cochin George, or Trichur George or Kozikode Varghese.
Posted by: Mr. M Kumar N At: 12, Nov 2003 3:45:28 PM IST
hello profesor it is very nice article.
thought provoking.
Posted by: Mr. Nagesh Babu Adari At: 12, Nov 2003 9:15:07 AM IST
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