Sharma
Sharma is a common surname among Brahmins in India and Nepal. The Sanskrit stem śarman- (nom. śarmā) can mean 'joy', 'comfort', 'happiness'.[1]
An alternative English spelling of the name used in the city of Varanasi and the Indian states of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala is "Sarma". Some Assamese people also use Sarmah.[2]
According to Indian sociologist S. Devadas Pillai, "The suffix Sharma indicates that the chanter is a Brahman..."[3]
People
Notable people with the surname Sharma include:
A
- Akanksha Sharma (born 1996), Indian singer and performer
- Amit Sharma, cricketer
- Anant Sharma (1919-1988), Indian Railway Union leader, also Minister of State for Industry, and Union Minister
- Ankit Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Ankitta Sharma, Indian television actress
- Anushka Sharma (born 1988), Indian film actress and producer
- Archana Sharma (botanist) (1932–2008), Indian cytogeneticist and cytotoxicologist
- Aribam Syam Sharma, India film director and composer
- Ashish Sharma, Indian film and television actor
- Avinash Sharma (born 1981), New Zealand and Oxford University cricketeer
B
- Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (1918–1993), Chief Minister of Haryana, Governor of Odisha and Madhya Pradesh (India)
- Bhagwatikumar Sharma (born 1934), Indian Gujarati language author and journalist
D
- Deepak Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Dinesh Sharma, mayor of Lucknow (India)
- Dipannita Sharma (born 1979), Indian model and actress
G
- Gokul Sharma (born 1985), Indian cricketer playing for Assam
J
- Jhabarmal Sharma, journalist and historian of Rajasthan (India)
- Jitesh Sharma (born 1993), Indian cricketer playing for Vidarbha
- Jyotirmaya Sharma, political scientist from Hyderabad (India)
K
- 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
- Kidar Sharma (1910-1999), Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and lyricist
- Konkona Sen Sharma (born 1979), Indian actress
- Kriti Sharma, Artificial intelligence technologist
- Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, Former Prime Minister of Nepal
- Kum Uma Sharma (born 1942), Indian kathak dancer, choreographer, and teacher
L
- Lalit Mohan Sharma (1928-2008), 24th Chief Justice of India
M
- Mahesh Sharma (born 1959), Indian politician (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- Mahika Sharma (born 1994), Indian actress and model
- 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
N
- Neha Sharma (born 1987), Indian film actress and model
- Nia Sharma (born 1990), Indian television actress
P
- Pankaj Sharma, Indian-born neurologist at Royal Holloway College, London
- Paridhi Sharma, Indian television actress
- Phaldut Sharma, British actor and dancer
R
- R.S. Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Rahul Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Rajat Sharma (born 1957), Indian Hindi TV news channel editor
- Rajesh Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Rakesh Sharma (born 1949), Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11
- Ram Vilas Sharma (1912-2000), Indian literary critic, linguist, and poet
- Richa Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Rohit Sharma (born 1987), Indian cricketer
- Robin Sharma (Born March 18, 1965), Canadian Writer, leadership speaker
S
- Sameer Sharma, Indian television actor
- Sandeep Sharma (born 1993), Indian cricketer, playing domestic cricket for Punjab
- Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999), ninth President of India
- Shivkumar Sharma (born 1939), Indian Santoor player
- Shriram Sharma (1911-1990), Indian Hindu, founder of "All World Gayatri Pariwar"
- Shubhlakshmi Sharma, Indian cricketer
- Subbaraya Sharma, Intian Telugu theater, television and movie artist
- Surendra Sharma, Indian poet and comedian
U
- Umang Sharma (born 1989), Indian cricketer playing for Uttar Pradesh
V
- 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 Army Chief of Army Staff
Y
- Yashpal Sharma (actor) (born 1967), Indian actor
- Yashpal Sharma (cricketer) (born 1954), former Indian cricketer
References
- ^ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. OCLC 685239912.
- ^ Assamese Surnames. Languageinindia.com (2003-04-04). Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
- ^ S. Devadas Pillai (1 January 1997). Indian sociology through Ghurye, a dictionary. Popular Prakashan. pp. 342–. ISBN 978-81-7154-807-1. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
Further reading
- Atal, Yogesh. Sociology: A Study of the Social Sphere. Pearson Education India. p. 242. ISBN 978-8-13179-759-4.
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