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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Hindu name found among people from Sind, Pakistan, which goes back to Sipahimalani ‘(descendant) of Sipahimall’, presumably the name of an ancestor, derived from Persian sipāhī ‘soldier’ + məll (Sanskrit malla ‘wrestler’). The element məll is frequently added to the given name in Sindhi names.

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