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Surname · Hindi

पटेल

पटेल (paṭel) is a surname from Gujarati. It is used in Hindi.

HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: Patel.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

पटेल comes from Gujarati.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Gujarati પટેલ (paṭěl).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

पटेल’s family of names

In Hindi usage, पटेल as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with पाटिल. पटेल as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the French form PATEL. In Hindi usage, पटेल as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as paṭel.

Walk पटेल’s family in the name graph

पटेलpaṭelPatelपाटिलપટેલ

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

पटेल has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Gujarati roots to each of them.

Gujarati

Gujaratiwhere पटेल comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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