Bajaj (surname)
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Bajaj is a Punjabi Arora surname.{{Cite book |last=Hoppenstand |first=Gary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZFQWXKkIpfAC |title=The Journal of Popular Culture: Vol. 40, Iss. 1, 2007 |publisher=Blackwell Pub. |pages=484 |language=en |quote=Other well - known Jain surnames are Bajaj , Dalmaia , Geonka , Birl , and Jain . The Kerala Malayali Brahmans use the surname Nambutri , while Malayali Nayars have such surnames as Nair and Menon . Bengali names , which end with the ...}}{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=D. D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a4rccspy46sC&dq=bajaj+Surname&pg=PA15 |title=Panorama of Indian Anthroponomy: (an Historical, Socio-cultural & Linguistic Analysis of Indian Personal Names |date=2005 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-8324-078-9 |pages=15 |language=en |quote=...In punjab there are a number of surnames / subcastes such as Bedi , Bajaj , Sūri , Maini , Aroṛā , Kohli , Sāhni among the (Khatri)..}}
Origin
Bajaj name might be originated from Punjabi word Bəjāj or Bəzāz ‘clothier’, or from Arabic word Bazzāz.{{Cite book |last=Patrick |first=Hanks |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195081374.001.0001/acref-9780195081374-e-2539?rskey=9ZPMrc&result=2539 |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |date=January 2006 |website= |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 |chapter=Bajaj |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603185930/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195081374.001.0001/acref-9780195081374-e-2539?rskey=9ZPMrc&result=2539 |archive-date=2021-06-03 |url-status=}}
Notable people
Notable people with this surname include:
- Aarti Bajaj, Indian film editor
- Ajeet Bajaj, first Indian to ski to the North Pole
- Ashok Bajaj, restaurateur based in Washington, D.C.
- Jamnalal Bajaj (1884–1942), Indian businessman, founder of the Bajaj Group
- Janaki Devi Bajaj (1893–1979), Indian independence activist and wife of Jamnalal Bajaj
- Rahul Bajaj (1938–2022), Indian businessman, grandson of Jamnalal Bajaj, former chairman of Bajaj Auto, and former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
- Rahul Bajaj, Indian golfer, 2010 Asian Games silver medalist
- Sheena Bajaj, Indian actress