Updated June 9, 2019 Find Baby Names Family name origins & meanings India (Bengal and Assam) : Hindu (Brahman) name, from Sanskrit bhạṭtāčārya, from bhạṭta ‘learned one’ (see Bhatt) and āčārya ‘teacher’, ‘preceptor’ (see Acharya). Originally, it was a title given to a learned man or a celebrated teacher.