Given name & surname
Upadhyaya
“teacher, preceptor”
Upadhyaya is a surname from Hindi.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Upadhyaya is a form of Upadhyay. Upadhyay goes back to Sanskrit उपाध्याय, meaning “teacher, preceptor.”
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Where it comes from
Upadhyaya is a form of Upadhyay. Upadhyay comes from Hindi, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Upadhyaya’s family of names
In English usage, Upadhyaya as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with HOXHA. In English usage, Upadhyaya as a surname has a related form in UPADHYAY. In English usage, Upadhyaya as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with KHOJA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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