Hegde

Hegde is a surname from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala and Karnataka in India. It is found amongst Hindus of the Bunt community,^[1] Goud Saraswat Brahmins, Havyaka Brahmins, Vokkaligas^[2]^[3] and Kurubas^[3] in Karnataka.

Etymology[]

The word Hegde is derived from the Old Kannada word Pergade which means chief.^[4]

Notable people[]

The following is a list of notable people with last name Hegde.

Belle Monappa Hegde, Indian medical scientist, educationist and author
K. S. Hegde, former Speaker of the Lok Sabha
N. Santosh Hegde, former justice of the Supreme Court Of India
Pakhi Hegde, Indian actress
Pooja Hegde, Indian model and actress
Ganesh Hegde, choreographer
Ramakrishna Hegde, Indian politician
R. K. Hegde (1931–1991), Indian plant pathologist
Satya Hegde, cinematographer
Sanjith Hegde, Indian singer and songwriter
Samyuktha Hegde, Indian actress
V. G. Siddhartha Hegde (1959–2019), entrepreneur
Senna Hegde, Indian director
Ananth Kumar Hegde, Indian politician and MP

References[]

^ "Hegde Name Meaning & Hegde Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
^ K. S. Singh (1998). India's Communities. Anthropological Survey of India Oxford University Press. p. 3677. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2. They are also known as Namdhari Gauda or Nadavaru. Heggade and Gowda are the titles , which they suffix to their names.
^ ^a ^b Whitworth, George Clifford (1885). An Anglo-Indian Dictionary: A Glossary of Indian Terms Used in English, and of Such English Or Other Non-Indian Terms as Have Obtained Special Meanings in India. London: K. Paul, Trench. p. 120.
^ "Hegde Family History". Oxford University Press. Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press.

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[1] "Hegde Name Meaning & Hegde Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-07-16.

[2] K. S. Singh (1998). India's Communities. Anthropological Survey of India Oxford University Press. p. 3677. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2. They are also known as Namdhari Gauda or Nadavaru. Heggade and Gowda are the titles , which they suffix to their names.

[“Hegde”-3] Whitworth, George Clifford (1885). An Anglo-Indian Dictionary: A Glossary of Indian Terms Used in English, and of Such English Or Other Non-Indian Terms as Have Obtained Special Meanings in India. London: K. Paul, Trench. p. 120.

[4] "Hegde Family History". Oxford University Press. Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press.

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