Bengali Surnames Starting with B

Selected or chosen

From Bachhar village

Side or flank dwellers

Garden keeper, from 'bagh' meaning garden

Name of Bagdi community

From Bahanaga village

Renunciant or ascetic lineage

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

Santal clan of the stale rice

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

Hill tribe from southern Chittagong

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

Rebel or revolutionary

Valor, prowess

From Bisui village

Trustworthy, from Sanskrit 'vishvasa' meaning f...

Enlightenment (Buddhist term)

Forest, woodland

From Boral village in Bengal

One who speaks sweetly, from Sanskrit 'vasu' me...