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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (northern states) : Hindu name from Sanskrit čandra ‘pleasant’, ‘shining’, ‘moon’. This commonly occurs as the final element of a compound given name (for example, Kishanchander), and this final element subsequently evolved into a surname.

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