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{{Infobox Given name

| name = Gupta

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| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|uː|p|t|ə}}

| meaning = Guardian or protector

| region = India, Bangladesh

| language = Sanskrit

| variant = Sengupta, Dasgupta

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Gupta ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|uː|p|t|ə}}) is a common surname of Indian origin, meaning "guardian" or "protector".

Origins and distribution

The name is based on the Sanskrit word गोप्तृ goptṛ, which means "guardian" or "protector".[http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/g/bl_name-GUPTA.htm GUPTA - Surname Meaning | Origin for the Surname Gupta Genealogy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014213422/http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/g/bl_name-GUPTA.htm |date=14 October 2013 }}. Genealogy.about.com (14 July 2013). Retrieved on 18 July 2013.

According to historian R. C. Majumdar, the surname Gupta was adopted by several different communities in northern and eastern India at different times.{{cite book |last=Majumdar |first=Ramesh Chandra |author2=Anant Sadashiv Altekar |title=Vakataka Gupta Age: circa 200–550 A.D |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ |year=1986 |isbn=81-208-0026-5 |page=126}}

The Rāmpāl plate of the Chandra dynasty ruler Srichandra mentions a line of Brahmins who had Gupta as their surname.{{Cite book |last=Sarkar |first=Girindra Mohan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pdk3wIkSNKoC |title=Early History of Bengal |date=1984 |pages=47 |language=en |quote=The Rampāl plate of Sri Chandra reveals a line of Brāhmanas whose surnames end in Gupta (Sarman). No such Brāhmanas are met within the modern Bengal. Where have they gone? Have they too, like the Sena-Karnatakshatriyas, merged into the present Vaidya caste of Bengal?}} In Bengal region, the surname is found among Baidyas (mainly){{cite book |last1=Sahay |first1=Keshari N. |title=Ambastha Kayastha: The Evolution of a Family and Its Socio-cultural Dimensions |year=2001 |publisher=Commonwealth Publishers |isbn=978-81-7169-660-4 |page=11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MWpuAAAAMAAJ&q=gupta%20surname%20in%20bengal |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=বাঙালির পদবি, উদয় চট্টোপাধ্যায়, পরবাস-৭৬|url=https://www.parabaas.com/PB76/LEKHA/pUday76.shtml|access-date=15 June 2021|website=www.parabaas.com|issn=1563-8685}} as well as Kayasthas.{{cite book |author=Ronald. B. Inden |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P8b9A7J_v-UC&pg=PA40 |title=Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture : A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal |date=January 1976 |isbn=9780520025691 |page=40| publisher=University of California Press }}

According to Tej Ram Sharma, the name Sri Gupta, "Sri" serves as an honorific title, similar to its usage for other Gupta emperors mentioned in inscriptions. If the first ruler's name had indeed been Sri Gupta, it would likely have been recorded as Sri Sri Gupta, as seen in the Deo-Barnark inscription of Jivitagupta II, where the name Srimati appears in a similar format. Therefore, if Gupta is accepted as the personal name of the dynasty's founder, it would indicate that the Gupta suffix did not function as a surname during that period.{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=Tej Ram |url=https://archive.org/details/personalgeograph00sharuoft/page/14/mode/1up |title=Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions |date=1978 |publisher=Delhi : Concept. |others=Robarts - University of Toronto |page=14}}

The Gupta surname is also used by Banias and Jains in the northern part of India.{{Cite book |last=Hanks |first=Patrick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC |title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set |date=8 May 2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 |pages=103 |language=en}}

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