Given name & surname · also Hindi

Chauhan

Chauhan is a surname from Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit.

Original Hindiचौहान

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Chauhan comes from Hindi, and ultimately from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Hindi चौहान, from Sanskrit चाहमान.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Chauhan’s family of names

In English usage, Chauhan as a surname was borrowed from the Hindi form चौहान.

Walk Chauhan’s family in the name graph

Chauhanचौहान

The ring: across languages.

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Across languages 1

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

Similar names

If you love Chauhan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Sanskrit

Amshuman

“light, radiance”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sanskrit

Champak

Champak is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

No U.S. birth series

79% boys · 21% girls

Sanskrit

Anirvan

“un-”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sanskrit

Anirban

“un-”

No U.S. birth series

99% boys · 1% girls

Sanskrit

Chetna

Chetna is a feminine given name from Sanskrit.

No U.S. birth series

5% boys · 95% girls

Sanskrit · Modern

Aryan

“noble; noble one”

51UncommonSteady

94% boys · 6% girls

Sanskrit

Intan

“diamond”

No U.S. birth series

30% boys · 70% girls

Sanskrit

Butan

Butan is a masculine given name. It is used in Atayal.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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