Mitra (surname)

Mitra
Origin
Word/nameBengali Hindu
Region of originBengal

Mitra (Bengali: মিত্র) is a Bengali Hindu surname found mostly amongst the Bengali Kayastha community and occasionally among other communities like Barujibi in the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. The surname may have been derived either from the Sanskrit word Mitra, meaning friend or ally, or from the name of an important Indo-Iranian deity in the Vedas and in ancient Iran.

According to GK Ghosh, some Bengali surnames like Mitra were adopted from Buddhist tradition. Mitras are considered as Kulin Kayasthas of Vishvamitra gotra, along with Bose, Ghosh and Bangaja (Eastern Bengal) Guha.

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