Surname Talk

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Deepa Narayanan says about the surname Raina Rainas are achievers.are they brahmins?
Comment was made 20 years ago
Abhinav Gurkhoo says about the surname Gurkhoo hi sudeep i agree with u tottally!
Comment was made 20 years ago
SUdeep Gurkhoo says about the surname Gurkhoo Well, I have this surname and I can say that it is a 100% Kashmiri surname, Background as i heard from my grandfather was that we had kept a "gorkha" as watchman/help in our home.
Comment was made 20 years ago
Anita says about the surname Lahori Lahori is a surname also used by Punjabis. But In Kashmir There is only one Lahori family originating from Shopian
Comment was made 20 years ago
Rahul says about the surname Kaul Indian (Kashmir): Hindu (Brahman) name, from Sanskrit kaula ‘well-born’ (from Sanskrit kula ‘family’). According to Koul (1994), the surname Kaul is derived from Mahakaul meaning ‘the great Kaul’, which is an epithet of the god Shiva.
Comment was made 20 years ago
Satish Toshkhani says about the surname toshkhani Toshkhani's are basically Kauls. "Toshkhani" actually "Toshakhani" means, caretaker of "Tosha", money. What I have heard from my elders is our ancestors were king's treasurers or something of that sort.
Comment was made 20 years ago
Atul Magazine says about the surname Magazine All about the Magazines at http://www.magazinefamily.com/
Comment was made 20 years ago
Ashwani Raina says about the surname Raina its a very good attempt
Comment was made 21 years ago
Sandeep Kachru says about the surname Kachru I think this surname comes from the Kashmiri word "Kachur" which means "one having light (brownish) hair." Great site. Keep up the good work.
Comment was made 21 years ago
Dr. N. K. SAFAYA says about the surname Safaya Well, this goes without any doubt that the autenticity of these sirnames amongst KP of kashmir being indigenous is far from true ,the fact stands that in IRAN many local pure Iranian families have identical family names like i found one family by SAFAYA family name not individual name also many such family names like RAINA,TOSHKHANI,JALALI,DARBARI,SALMAN,AMBARDARI, etc. and a many more and it appears either we have adopted or they have adopted our family names in the historical less known factual past,as we were ruled by Persians for quiet some time in our medieval past,So this aspect needs a closer look to make us truely believe our ancestral past
Comment was made 21 years ago