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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (Panjab) : Hindu (Khatri) name based on the name of a clan in the Khatri community. It is a modified form of Mehrotra, which is itself an extended form of Mehra (Panjabi mérā ‘chief’, ‘master’). The founder of the Malhotra clan is said to have been called Mehr Chand.

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