Bajaj (surname)
Bajaj is a surname of Indian origin, used by people of Marwari and Punjabi origin.[1][2]
Notable people
Notable people with this surname include:
- Aarti Bajaj, Indian film editor
- Abhishek Bajaj, Indian actor
- Ajeet Bajaj, first Indian to ski to the North Pole
- Ashok Bajaj, restaurateur based in Washington, D.C.
- Jamnalal Bajaj (1884–1942), Indian businessman, founder of the Bajaj Group
- Janaki Devi Bajaj (1893–1979), Indian independence activist and wife of Jamnalal Bajaj
- Rahul Bajaj (1938–2022), Indian businessman, grandson of Jamnalal Bajaj, former chairman of Bajaj Auto, and former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
- Rahul Bajaj, Indian golfer, 2010 Asian Games silver medalist
- Sheena Bajaj, Indian actress
References
- ^ 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)..