Bajaj (surname)
Bajaj is a Punjabi Arora surname.[1][2]
Origin[edit]
Bajaj name might be originated from Punjabi word Bəjāj or Bəzāz ‘clothier’, or from Arabic Bazzāz.[3]
Notable people[edit]
Notable people with this surname include:
- Aarti Bajaj, Indian film editor
- Ashok Bajaj, restaurateur based in Washington, DC
- Jamnalal Bajaj (1884–1942), Indian businessman, founder of the Bajaj group of companies
- Rahul Bajaj (born 1938), Indian businessman, grandson of Jamnalal Bajaj, chairman of Bajaj Auto, and MP of Rajya Sabha
- Janaki Devi Bajaj (1893–1979), Indian independence activist and wife of Jamnalal Bajaj
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Hoppenstand, Gary. The Journal of Popular Culture: Vol. 40, Iss. 1, 2007. Blackwell Pub. p. 484.
Other well - known Jain surnames are Bajaj , Dalmaia , Geonka , Birl , and Jain . The Kerala Malayali Brahmans use the surname Nambutri , while Malayali Nayars have such surnames as Nair and Menon . Bengali names , which end with the ...
- ^ Sharma, D. D. (2005). Panorama of Indian Anthroponomy: (an Historical, Socio-cultural & Linguistic Analysis of Indian Personal Names. Mittal Publications. p. 15. ISBN 978-81-8324-078-9.
...In punjab there are a number of surnames / subcastes such as Bedi , Bajaj , Sūri , Maini , Aroṛā , Kohli , Sāhni among the (Khatri)..
- ^ Patrick, Hanks (January 2006). "Bajaj". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03.
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