Hegde
Hegde or Heggade Pergade is a surname from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala and Karnataka in India. It is found amongst Hindus of the Bunt community,[1] Jain bunt community, Havyaka Brahmins, Vokkaligas[2][3] and Kurubas[3]in Karnataka.
Etymology
The word Hegde is derived from the Old Kannada word Pergade which means chief.[4]
Notable people
The following is a list of notable people with last name Hegde.
- Belle Monappa Hegde, Indian medical scientist, educationist and author
- K. S. Hegde, former Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- N. Santosh Hegde, former justice of the Supreme Court Of India
- Pakhi Hegde, Indian actress
- Pooja Hegde, Indian model and actress
- Ganesh Hegde, choreographer
- Ramakrishna Hegde, Indian politician
- R. K. Hegde (1931–1991), Indian plant pathologist
- Satya Hegde, cinematographer
- Sanjith Hegde, Indian singer and songwriter
- Samyuktha Hegde, Indian actress
- V. G. Siddhartha Hegde (1959–2019), entrepreneur
- Senna Hegde, Indian director
- Ananth Kumar Hegde, Indian politician and MP
References
- "Hegde Name Meaning & Hegde Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- K. S. Singh (1998). India's Communities. Anthropological Survey of India Oxford University Press. p. 3677. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2.
They are also known as Namdhari Gauda or Nadavaru. Heggade and Gowda are the titles , which they suffix to their names.
- Whitworth, George Clifford (1885). An Anglo-Indian Dictionary: A Glossary of Indian Terms Used in English, and of Such English Or Other Non-Indian Terms as Have Obtained Special Meanings in India. London: K. Paul, Trench. p. 120.
- "Hegde Family History". Oxford University Press. Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press.
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