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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city) : Hindu (Vania), Jain, and Parsi name, from Gujarati čoksi ‘jeweler’, ‘assayer of gold and silver’, from čokəs ‘precise’, ‘circumspect’, a compound of čo- ‘four’, ‘four-way’, ‘all-round’ (Sanskrit čatus- ‘four’) + kəs ‘assaying’ (Sanskrit kạsa ‘rubbing’, ‘touchstone’).

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