Given name & surname · also Nepali
Joshi
Joshi is a surname from Nepali, ultimately from Hindi.
Original Hindiजोशी
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Joshi comes from Nepali, and ultimately from Hindi.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Nepali जोशी, from Gujarati જોશી, from Marathi जोशी, from Hindi जोशी.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Joshi’s family of names
In English usage, Joshi as a surname has a related form in Zhoshi. In English usage, Joshi as a surname has a related form in Zoshi. In English usage, Joshi as a surname has a related form in Zosi.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Joshi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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