Bengali Surnames

Teacher or preceptor

Teacher and headman

First or original

Officer, from Sanskrit 'adhikara' meaning autho...

Most excellent, superior

Most praised, from Arabic 'ahmad'

Undivided, whole

Star, from Arabic/Persian 'akhtar'

World, universe

Bliss (Buddhist disciple name)

Forest, wilderness

Fire (also Atisha the Buddhist monk)

Mighty, dear

Selected or chosen

From Bachhar village

Garden keeper, from 'bagh' meaning garden

Name of Bagdi community

Cowherd or dear one

Friend, companion

Teacher from Bandoghati, a Brahmin lineage

Scholar from Bandoghati village, linked to Vedi...

Flute or bamboo flute

Great, magnificent (from Arabic)

One who blesses, from Sanskrit 'varman' meaning...

Betel-leaf seller

Gunpowder worker or soldier

Cloth merchant

Steer, a Santhali tribal surname

Santal clan meaning stale rice

From Batabyal Brahmin clan

Wind or mad divine singer

Mad or ecstatic devotee

A laboring community of Bengal

Traditional midwife

Queen or lady, from Turkish 'begum'

Trader, merchant

Raft or boat, from 'bera' meaning vessel

Santal clan meaning hawk

Auspicious, from Sanskrit 'bhadra'

Devotee dweller

Learned Brahmin, from 'bhatta' and 'acharya'

Land holder, from 'bhoumik' meaning of the earth

Earth gardener

Landowner or earth

One who has enjoyed or consumed

Ornament, decoration

Of Tibetan origin

Landowner or chief