Given name & surname

Tagore

Tagore is a surname from Bengali.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Tagore comes from Bengali.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Bengali ঠাকুর.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Tagore’s family of names

In English usage, Tagore as a surname has a related form in Thakur. In English usage, Tagore as a surname was borrowed from the Bengali form ঠাকুর.

Walk Tagore’s family in the name graph

TagoreThakurટાગોરटैगोर泰戈爾ঠাকুর

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

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Tagore has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Bengali roots to each of them.

EnglishBengali

Bengaliwhere Tagore 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. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

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

Across languages 4

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

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Sanskrit

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Sibling ideas

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