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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (northern states) : Hindu name from Sanskrit vaidya ‘scholar’, ‘physician’ (from Sanskrit vid- ‘to know’). The surname is found among several communities. It is the name of a clan of the Konkanasth Brahmans.

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