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'''Bajaj''' is a [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] [[Arora]] surname.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hoppenstand |first=Gary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZFQWXKkIpfAC |title=The Journal of Popular Culture: Vol. 40, Iss. 1, 2007 |publisher=Blackwell Pub. |pages=484 |language=en |quote=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 ...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=D. D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a4rccspy46sC&dq=bajaj+Surname&pg=PA15 |title=Panorama of Indian Anthroponomy: (an Historical, Socio-cultural & Linguistic Analysis of Indian Personal Names |date=2005 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-8324-078-9 |pages=15 |language=en |quote=...In punjab there are a number of surnames / subcastes such as Bedi , Bajaj , Sūri , Maini , Aroṛā , Kohli , Sāhni among the ('''Khatri''')..}}</ref>
'''Bajaj''' is a [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] [[Arora]] surname.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hoppenstand |first=Gary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZFQWXKkIpfAC |title=The Journal of Popular Culture: Vol. 40, Iss. 1, 2007 |publisher=Blackwell Pub. |pages=484 |language=en |quote=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 ...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=D. D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a4rccspy46sC&dq=bajaj+Surname&pg=PA15 |title=Panorama of Indian Anthroponomy: (an Historical, Socio-cultural & Linguistic Analysis of Indian Personal Names |date=2005 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-8324-078-9 |pages=15 |language=en |quote=...In punjab there are a number of surnames / subcastes such as Bedi , '''Bajaj''' , Sūri , Maini , Aroṛā , Kohli , Sāhni among the ('''Khatri''')..}}</ref>
==Origin==
==Origin==

Revision as of 12:54, 1 June 2024

Bajaj is a Punjabi Arora surname.[1][2]

Origin

Bajaj name might be originated from Punjabi word Bəjāj or Bəzāz ‘clothier’, or from Arabic Bazzāz.[3]

Notable people

Notable people with this surname include:

  • Aarti Bajaj, Indian film editor
  • Ashok Bajaj, restaurateur based in Washington, DC
  • Jamnalal Bajaj (1884–1942), Indian businessman, founder of the Bajaj group of companies
  • Rahul Bajaj (born 1938), Indian businessman, grandson of Jamnalal Bajaj, chairman of Bajaj Auto, and MP of Rajya Sabha
  • Janaki Devi Bajaj (1893–1979), Indian independence activist and wife of Jamnalal Bajaj

See also

References

  1. ^ 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 ...
  2. ^ 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)..
  3. ^ Patrick, Hanks (January 2006). "Bajaj". Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. Archived from the original on 2021-06-03.