Nandy (surname)

Nandy or Nandi ({{langx|bn|নন্দী}}) is a Bengali surname (meaning pleasing, from Sanskrit ānand) which is commonly found among the Bengali Kayasthas, Tantis, Teli or Tilis, Shankharis (Conch Shell seller) in Indian States of West Bengal, Assam, Tripura and in Bangladesh.{{cite book|last=Sharma|first=Tej Ram|title=Personal and Geographical Names in the Gupta Empire|year=1978|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|location=New Delhi |page=115 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WcnnB-Lx2MAC}}{{cite book |last=Inden |first=Ronald B. |year=1976 |title=Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture: A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal. |publisher=University of California Press|page=40 |isbn=978-0-520-02569-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P8b9A7J_v-UC&q=pal}}{{Cite book |last=Ghosh |first=G. K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z6eBAAAAMAAJ |title=Legends of Origin of the Castes and Tribes of Eastern India |date=2000 |publisher=Firma KLM |isbn=978-81-7102-046-1 |pages=42 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2n_WAAAAMAAJ |title=Arts of Bengal and Eastern India: Crafts of Bengal, Craftsmen at Work, Crafts to Buy |date=1982 |publisher=Crafts Council of West Bengal |pages=21 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=K. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bfAMAQAAMAAJ |title=Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles |date=1996 |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |isbn=978-0-19-563357-3 |pages=1812 |language=en}}