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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 popularly believed to mean ‘runner’, ‘messenger’, from Sanskrit dhāv- ‘to run’.

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