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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (northern states) : Hindu (Kayasth) name from one of the subgroups of the Kayasth community. According to Saxena tradition, their name is from Sanskrit sakhisenā ‘friend of the army’, a title awarded to them by the kings of Srinagar.

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