Sharma
Sharma is a Brahmin Hindu surname in India and Nepal. The Sanskrit stem ṣárman- (nom. sarma) can mean 'joyfulness', 'comfort', 'happiness'.[1]
Sarma is an alternative English spelling of the name. Some Assamese Brahmins also use Sarmah.[2]
People
Notable people with the surname Sharma/Sarma include
A
- Abhishek Sharma (disambiguation)
- Adah Sharma, Indian actress
- Aditi Sharma, Indian film and TV actress, born 1983
- Aditi Sharma Indian TV actress born 1996
- Aditi Sharma (cricketer), Indian cricketer
- Agni Sharma (Valmiki), Indian author
- Ajay Sharma, (1988-1993), Indian cricketer
- Akash Sharma, Indian cricketer
- Akki Sharma, Nepalese visual effect artist
- Alok Sharma, British politician with the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom
- Alok Sharma (cricketer) is an Indian cricketer. He plays Twenty20 cricket for Bengal
- Amit Prakash Sharma, Indian parasitologist
- Amit Sharma, Indian cricketer
- Anand Sharma, Indian politician
- Anant Sharma (1919-1988), Indian railway union leader, also Minister of State for Industry, and Union Minister
- Anil Sharma, director, producer, writer in Indian cinema
- Anjani Kumar Sharma, Nepalese surgeon
- Ankit Sharma (athlete), Indian athlete
- Ankit Sharma (cricketer), Indian cricketer
- Ankit Sharma (footballer), Indian footballer
- Ankitta Sharma, Indian TV actress
- Anna Sharma, (born 1995) Nepalese actress
- Anthony Francis Sharma, Nepalese Jesuit
- Anu Sharma, American audiologist and academic
- Anuj Sharma, Indian singer
- Anushka Sharma (born 1988), Indian film actress and producer
- Archana Sharma (botanist) (1932–2008), Indian cytogeneticist and cytotoxicologist
- Aribam Syam Sharma, Indian film director and composer
- Arun Kumar Sarmah, Indian politician
- Arun Kumar Sharma, Indian biologist
- Ashish Sharma, Indian film and television actor
- Astra Sharma, Australian tennis player
- Avinash Sharma (born 1981), New Zealand and Oxford University cricketer
B
- B. D. Sharma (1918–1993), Chief Minister of Haryana, Governor of Odisha and Madhya Pradesh (India)
- B. N. Sarma, lawyer, politician and freedom fighter
- Babita Sharma, British television newsreader on BBC News (TV channel) and BBC World News
- Basanti Sarma, Indian politician
- Benudhar Sharma, Indian historian
- Bhagwatikumar Sharma (born 1934), Indian Gujarati language author and journalist
- Bhakti Sharma, Indian open water swimmer
- Brajanath Sarma, Assamese playwright and actor
- Bipul Sharma, Indian cricket player
C
- Charu Sharma, Indian cricket commentator
- Charu Sharma, Indian athlete and explorer
- Chetan Sharma, Indian cricketer, politician (nephew of Yashpal Sharma another cricketer)
- Chris Sharma, American rock climber
- Cindy Devica Sharma, Trinidad and Tobago politician
D
- Deepak Sarma, Professor of Hinduism and Indian philosophy
- Deepak Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Deen Bandhu Sharma, Indian writer from Jammu and Kashmir
- Dheeraj Sharma, filmmaker
- Dheeraj Sharma, politician
- Dheeraj Sharma, professor
- Dina Nath Sharma, Nepalese politician
- Dinesh Sharma (actor), Nepalese actor
- Dinesh Sharma, mayor of Lucknow (India)
- Dinesh Sharma, Indian social scientist, psychologist, academic and author
- Dipannita Sharma (born 1979), Indian model and actress
- Divyendu Sharma, Indian actor
- Dwijen Sharma, Bangladeshi naturalist and science writer
E
- Evelyn Sharma (born 1986), German actress (of Indian origin)
G
- Gaurav Sharma (author) (born 1992) Indian author and novelist
- Girish Sharma, Indian comedian
- G. R. Sharma (1919-1986), Indian historian
- Gokul Sharma (born 1985), Indian cricketer playing for Assam
- Gopal Sharma (1985–1990), Indian cricketer (spin-bowler)
- Geetanjali Sharma (born 1984), Indian classical dancer
H
- Himanshu Sharma, Indian screenwriter
- Himanta Biswa Sarma, Indian politician
I
- Ishant Sharma (born 1988), Indian cricketer playing for Team India
- Ishani Sharma, Indian TV actress
J
- Janamanchi Seshadri Sarma, Telugu poet
- Jagdish Sharma,Indian politician
- Janardhan Sharma, Nepalese politician
- Jaswant Rai Sharma, better known by his pen name Naqsh Lyallpuri, Indian lyricist
- Jaya Sharma, Indian cricketer who has played one women's test match
- Jhabarmal Sharma, journalist and historian of Rajasthan (India)
- Jitesh Sharma (born 1993), Indian cricketer playing for Vidarbha
- Joginder Sharma, Indian cricketer player
- Jyotirmaya Sharma, political scientist from Hyderabad (India)
K
- K. V. Sarma, Indian science historian
- Kamalesh Sharma, Indian diplomat and 5th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
- Kapil Sharma (actor), Indian actor and writer
- Kapil Sharma (comedian), (born 1981), Indian stand-up comedian, actor, TV host and producer
- Karan Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Karn Sharma, Indian cricketer
- Kavana Sarma, Indian engineer
- Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, Present Prime Minister of Nepal
- Kidar Sharma (1910-1999), Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and lyricist
- Konkona Sen Sharma (born 1979), Indian actress
- Kriti Sharma, Indian artificial intelligence technologist
- Kuldeep Sharma, MLA for Ganaur in Haryana
- Kum Uma Sharma (born 1942), Indian kathak dancer, choreographer, and teacher
L
- Lalit Mohan Sharma (1928-2008), 24th Chief Justice of India
- Laxmi Sharma, Nepali entrepreneur
M
- Mahesh Sharma (born 1959), Indian politician (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- Mahika Sharma (born 1994), Indian actress and model
- Mamta Sharma, Indian singer (Dabangg fam)
- Manish Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Manju Sharma (biologist) (born 1940), Indian biologist from Gandhinagar
- Manu Sharma (born 1977), also known as Siddharth Vashisht, convicted for the 1999 murder of Jessica Lal
- Mithila Sharma, Nepalese actress
- Murari Raj Sharma, Nepalese diplomat
- Murli Sharma, Indian actor
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- Neha Sharma (born 1987), Indian film actress and model
- Nia Sharma (born 1990), Indian television actress
- Nikita Sharma, Indian TV actress
P
- Pankaj Sharma, British neurologist at Royal Holloway College, London
- Paras Sharma, first-class cricketer who plays for Jammu & Kashmir.
- Paridhi Sharma, Indian television actress
- Parvez Sharma, Indian writer and filmmaker
- Phaldut Sharma, British actor and dancer
- Phani Sarma, Assamese playwright and actor
- Pooja Sharma (disambiguation)
R
- R. S. Sharma (disambiguation), multiple people
- Rabindra Nath Sharma, Nepalese politician
- Rahul Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Rajan Sarma, Tamil-language actor
- Rajat Sharma (born 1957), Indian Hindi TV news channel editor
- Rajendra Prasad Sharma, (born 1960), retired IPS, DGP officer Orissa Police
- Rajesh Kumar Sharma (born 1978), Bihar Politician, Health Minister
- Rajesh Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Rajiv Sharma, New Zealand cricketer
- Rakesh Sharma (born 1949), Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11
- Ram Avatar Sharma, Indian Sanskrit scholar
- Ram Karan Sharma, Indian Sanskrit poet
- Ram Sharan Sharma, Indian historian
- Ram Vilas Sharma (1912-2000), Indian literary critic, linguist, and poet
- Reecha Sharma, Nepalese actress
- Rhea Sharma, Indian Television actress
- Richa Sharma (disambiguation), multiple people
- Robin Sharma (born 1965), Canadian writer, leadership speaker
- Rohit Sharma (born 1987), Indian cricketer
S
- Sagar Sharma, cricketer
- Sameer Sharma, Indian television actor
- Sankar Das Sarma, American scientist
- Sandeep Sharma (born 1993), Indian cricketer, playing domestic cricket for Punjab
- Sanjay Sarma, Fred Fort Flowers (1941) and Daniel Fort Flowers (1941) professor of mechanical engineering and the Vice President for Open Learning at MIT
- Sanjeev Sharma (1988-1990), Indian cricketer
- Satnarine Sharma, former Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago
- Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999), ninth President of India
- Shankar Prasad Sharma, Nepalese diplomat
- Shefali Sharma, Indian TV actress
- Shivangi Sharma, Indian actress
- Shivkumar Sharma (born 1939), Indian Santoor player
- Shreya Sharma, child actress
- Shriram Sharma (1911-1990), Indian Hindu, founder of "All World Gayatri Pariwar"
- Sree Harilal Sarma, Indian Navy Admiral
- Shubhlakshmi Sharma, Indian cricketer
- Subbaraya Sharma, Indian Telugu theatre, television and movie artist
- Sudheer Sharma, Nepalese journalist
- Suresh Raj Sharma, Nepalese academician
- Surendra Nath Sharma, 20th century Bollywood actor
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- Tara Sharma, Hindi-language film actress
- Tara Nath Sharma, Nepalese writer
- Tarali Sarma, Indian singer
- Tanya Sharma, Indian TV actress
- Tunisha Sharma, Indian TV actress
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- Umang Sharma (born 1989), Indian cricketer playing for Uttar Pradesh
- Umesh Sharma, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
- Urvashi Sharma, Indian actress
- Upendranath Sharma, Indian poet
- Utkarsh Sharma , Indian actor
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- Venod Sharma (born 1948), Indian politician, founder of the Haryana Jan Chetna Party (V)
- Vinod Prakash Sharma (born 1938), Indian malariologist
- Vishal Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Vishwa Nath Sharma (born 1930), Indian Chief of the Army Staff
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- Yashpal Sharma (actor) (born 1967), Indian actor
- Yashpal Sharma (cricketer) (born 1954), former Indian cricketer
- Yuyutsu Sharma, Nepalese writer
See also
References
Further reading
- Atal, Yogesh (2012). Sociology: A Study of the Social Sphere. Pearson Education India. p. 242. ISBN 978-8-13179-759-4.
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- ^ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 1058 col.2. OCLC 685239912.
- ^ Assamese Surnames. Languageinindia.com (4 April 2003). Retrieved on 20 October 2011.