WHAT IS IN A NAME

[Haneef]

It is fascinating to have a look at the Bengali Surnames and Titles with Origins.

The family surname of the Tagores is Banerjee (Bandopadhyay). According to their family tradition the Tagores trace their descent from Rarheya Brahmins of Shandilya clan from Kanauj who settled in the region situated on the right bank of river Hooghly (Rarh) in the eighth century A.D

Banerjee or Bandyopadhyay is a surname in the Bengal region of India and are often used interchangeably.

"Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Brahman) name, the first element of which, Ban-, is a shortened form of the village name Bandoghat. The final element -jee is derived from jha (greatly reduced form of Sanskrit upadhyaya ‘teacher’); thus, Banerjee ‘teacher from the village of Bandoghat’. In Bengali names formed with -jee, the initial element is believed to indicate a village granted by Ballal Sen, a legendary ancient king of Bengal, to the ancestor of the person bearing the surname. A Sanskrit version of this name, Vandyopadhyaya, was coined later, from the elements vandya ‘venerable’ + upadhyaya ‘teacher’. "

Mukherjee or Mookerjee or Mukerji or Mukherji 

. The traditional Bengali version is Mukhopaddhae, which is sometimes written Mukhopadhyay, which is alternately spelled as  Mukerji.

 "Mukherjee" evolved from the Sanskrit Mukhopadhyay (in Sanskrit Mukhya – chief, Upadhyay – teacher, not necessarily a religious teacher). 

Chatterjee/Chatarjee (sometimes Chatterji or Chatterjea or chatarjee)  It is a variant of Chattopadhyay(a). Chattopadhyay (compound of village name "Chaṭṭa" and "upādhyāya" denoting "priest, teacher" originally granted with the village named Chaṭṭa) is the Sanskritized   form of the local word "chaturjye",  to Chatterjee. Upadhyays from Chattol area of gangetic Bengals were popularly known as Chattopadhyay or Chatterjee.

Bhattacharjee, Bhattacharya, and Bhattacharyya, all pronounced Bhôṭṭacharjo in Bengali

Bhattacharjee was a noble surname or upadhi conferred upon those Brahmins  who were involved in sacred rituals. It is an aristocratic title. The surname is a combination of two words Bhatt  "Vedic priest (authorized to perform sacred rituals)" and Acharya  "teacher". 

Ganguly (also called Ganguli, Gangulee, Gangoly or Gangopadhyay) is a Brahmin  caste; it is a variant of Gangopadhyay(a) Gônggopaddhae). Gangopadhyay (compound of village name "By the Ganges" and "upādhyāya" denoting "priest, teacher") is the Sanskritized   form of the original name to Ganguly.

[kk sudheendran]

HI Haneef,
Thanks for he info on my family background!!!!!.
Sudhy
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Haneef

to add to your information.....all the Brahmin surnames you have mentioned are from Kanauj (UP) region...When Bengal was Ruled By DAS DYNASTY Bengali (ORIGINAL) Brahmins called Barendra Brhmins like LAHIRDI   SANYAL..etc REFUSED TO Serve DAS Dynasty as they were considered imferior SHUDRAS...so the RULERS GOT BRAHMINS from KANAUJ  

They were Originally...UPADHAY  BANDO PADHAY  CHATTO PADHAY  etc...n they settled down in Bengal as PREVELEGED BRAHMINS....Chakraborty's n Mishra's from Kanauj Too..

as told by our Brahmin Purohit in our Village in Odisha..where we migrated in 1800 from Burdwan Bengal...with Zamindari...( AUCTION)

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[Usha Mohan]

All of you are migrants...haha..Trump will be happy to hear that.

So, we are the ORIGINAL INDIANS...P.K .Mohan

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 Chatterjee/Chatarjee ( sometimes Chatterji or Chatterjea or

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[kk sudheendran]

Palit,

Who are Bhadralok?
Sudhy
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Chatterjee/Chatarjee (sometimes Chatterji or Chatterjea or

[Bijoy Palit]

Mohan

sure...u r tamil mallu goanese...all at a time...who's your trump?? guju modi???

Sudhy.

...All r Bhadralok  jee's...English men had difficulty calling Bandopadhay...so shortened it Banerjee..../bonerjee s  

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