Given name & surname

Mishra

Mishra is a surname from Sanskrit.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Mishra comes from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

A transliteration of Sanskrit मिश्र.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Mishra’s family of names

In English usage, Mishra as a surname has a related form in MISRA. In English usage, Mishra as a surname has a related form in MISRA.

Walk Mishra’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

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

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