Sharma

Surname in India and Nepal

Sharma is a Hindu Brahmin surname. The Sanskrit stem ṣárman- (nom. sarma) can mean 'joyfulness', 'comfort', 'happiness'.[1][2] Sarma and Sarmah are alternative English spellings of the name, commonly used by Assamese Brahmins.[3]

Etymology

The Sanskrit word "Sharma" is derived from the term "ṣárman," which carries meanings of 'joy,' 'comfort,' and 'happiness.'

People

Notable people with the surname Sharma, Sarma or Sarmah who may or may not belong to Brahmin caste are as follows:

A

  • Abhishek Sharma (disambiguation), several people
  • Adah Sharma, Indian actress
  • Aditi Sharma (actress, born 1983), Indian film and TV actress
  • Aditi Sharma (actress, born 1996), Indian TV actress
  • Aditi Sharma (cricketer), Indian cricketer
  • Agni Sharma (Valmiki), Indian author
  • Aham Sharma, Indian film and TV actor
  • 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), Indian cricketer
  • Amit Prakash Sharma, Indian parasitologist
  • Amit Sharma (cricketer), 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, several people
  • Anjali Sharma (climate activist), Australian environmentalist
  • 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
  • Anup Raj Sharma, was Chief Justice of Nepal
  • 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
  • Arjun Sharma, Indian cricketer
  • Ashish Sharma, Indian film and television actor
  • Astra Sharma, Australian tennis player
  • Avinash Sharma (born 1981), New Zealand and Oxford University cricketer

B

C

  • Charu Sharma, Indian cricket commentator
  • Charu Sharma (athlete) (born 1992), Indian athlete and performer
  • Chetan Sharma, Indian cricketer, politician (nephew of Yashpal Sharma another cricketer)
  • Chris Sharma, American rock climber
  • Cindy Devika Sharma, Trinidad and Tobago politician

D

  • Deepak Sharma (disambiguation), several people
  • Deepti Sharma (born 1997), Indian cricketer
  • Deen Bandhu Sharma, Indian writer from Jammu and Kashmir
  • Dheeraj Sharma (filmmaker), Indian film director and social workerBherumal Meharchand Advani
  • Dheeraj Sharma (professor), Indian professor of management
  • Dina Nath Sharma, Nepalese politician
  • Dinesh Sharma (actor), Nepalese actor
  • Dinesh Sharma (politician), Indian politician, mayor of Lucknow
  • Dinesh Sharma (academic), Indian social scientist, psychologist, academic and author
  • Dineshwar Sharma (1954–2020), Indian police officer
  • Dipannita Sharma (born 1979), Indian model and actress
  • Divyendu Sharma (born 1983), known as Divyenndu, Indian film actor
  • Dwijen Sharma, Bangladeshi naturalist and science writer

E

G

  • Geetanjali Sharma (born 1984), Indian classical dancer
  • Gaurav Sharma (author) (born 1992), Indo-Canadian author
  • Gaurav Sharma (engineer), American engineer
  • Gaurav Sharma (politician), (born 1987), New Zealand doctor and politician
  • Gaurav Sharma (singer) (born 1992), Indian singer and composer
  • 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)
  • Gyanesh Sharma (born 1963), Indian politician

H

I

J

K

L

M

  • Mahesh Sharma (born 1959), Indian politician (Bharatiya Janata Party)
  • Mahika Sharma (born 1994), Indian actress and model
  • Mamta Sharma, Indian singer (Dabangg fam)
  • Malvika Sharma (born 1999) indian actress and model
  • Manish Sharma (disambiguation), several people
  • Manju Sharma (biologist) (born 1940), Indian biologist from Gandhinagar
  • Manu Sharma (born 1977), Indian, also known as Siddharth Vashisht, convicted for the 1999 murder of Jessica Lal
  • Mithila Sharma, Nepalese actress
  • Mohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
  • Mohit Sharma, Indian military officer
  • Mukesh Sharma, Public Auditor, Government of India
  • Murari Raj Sharma, Nepalese diplomat
  • Murli Sharma, Indian actor

N

P

R

S

T

U

V

Y

  • Yashpal Sharma (actor) (born 1967), Indian actor
  • Yashpal Sharma (cricketer) (1954–2021), Indian cricketer
  • Yuyutsu Sharma, Nepalese writer

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Williams, Sir Monier (1999). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymological and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Asian Educational Services. p. 1058. ISBN 9788120603691.
  3. ^ "Assamese Surnames". Languageinindia.com. 4 April 2003. Retrieved 20 October 2011.

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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