Singh ((Hindi: सिंह, Punjabi: ਸਿੰਘ, Gujarati: Sinh) is derived from the Sanskrit word Siṃha meaning "lion".^[1] It is used as a common surname and middle name in North India by many communities, groups and peoples, especially the Rajputs and the Sikhs.^[2] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Hindi (हिन्दी) is a language spoken mainly in North and Central India. ... Punjabi redirects here. ... Gujarati (ગુજરાતી GujÇŽrātÄ«; also known as Gujerati, Gujarathi, Guzratee, and Guujaratee[3]) is an Indo-Aryan language descending from Sanskrit, and part of the greater Indo-European language family. ... Sanskrit ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... Trinomial name Panthera leo persica Meyer, 1826 Current distribution of the Asiatic Lion in the wild Synonyms Leo leo goojratensis (India) Leo leo persicus (Persia) The Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica; also known as Indian Lion) is a subspecies of the lion found only in India. ... A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Dark green region marks the approximate extent of northern India while the regions marked as light green lies within the sphere of north Indian influence. ... Rajput constitute one of the major Hindu Kshatriya groups from India. ... Religions Sikhism Scriptures Guru Granth Sahib Languages English, Punjabi] A Sikh (English: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ) is an adherent to Sikhism. ...

Etymology

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• In Hindi Devnagari script, the name is written as सिंह ("Siṅh", IPA: Siŋhə) and often pronounced as सिंघ ("Singh", IPA: Siŋɣə). Other variants include Simha, Sinha, and Singhal.^[3][4]
• In Tamil, the word for lion is Singham or Singhe written as சிங்க, also derived from Sanskrit (see Malay words of Tamil origin, and Singapore).
• In Punjabi (Gurmukhi script), the name is written as ਸਿੰਘ (Singh) and pronounced as Singh.
• In Gujarati, it is spelled as Sinh. Another variant is Sinhji, the form of Singh used in Gujarat, where the 'g' is dropped and the suffix of respect, 'ji' is added.
• Chinese also derived the word for Lion from Buddhist missionaries from India: thus the word Shizi 狮子.^[5]
• In Thailand, Singha, written as Thai: สิงห์ with final syllable marked as silent, refers to a mythical lion; the zodiac sign of Leo; a popular brand of beer, Singha; and is frequently used as a place name (for instance, Ban Singh Tha). Singhakhom Thai: สิงหาคม, in which the /ha/ is pronounced, is the Thai solar calendar month of August. Sing Toe Thai: สิงโต, which omits /ha/ entirely and adds Thai for big or grown up, refers to the lion. All except Toe are of Sanskrit origin.

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History

Singh was first used as a surname by the Rajputs beginning in the 7th century^[6]. It has been common practice among the Rajput men to have Singh as their middle name.^[7] The Rajputs started using Singh in preference to the classical epithet of "Varman".^[8] Rajput constitute one of the major Hindu Kshatriya groups from India. ... Varma or Varman (Hindi वर्मा varmā [Sanskrit वर्म+कः]) is a honorific title, literally meaning To be or become swollen or inflamed;--to be distended (with rage, &c. ...

The Sikhs adopted Singh as a surname in 1699, as per the wish of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru.^[9] In the Spring of 1699, on the day of Baisakhi, Guru Gobind Singh (originally named Guru Gobind Rai), made it mandatory for all Sikh males to append the name suffix Singh after their name. Singh is used as a middle name or as a surname (see naming patterns section) by approximately 10 million adherents of Sikhism.^[10] Religions Sikhism Scriptures Guru Granth Sahib Languages English, Punjabi] A Sikh (English: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ) is an adherent to Sikhism. ... Guru Gobind Singh (Punjabi: ) (22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708) He was born in Patna in India in 1666 and became the tenth Guru of the Sikhs on 11 November 1675, succeeding his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur who was killed by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. ... ... Traditional fervour and gaiety mark the celebrations of Baisakhi, which stands for the dawn of a new year in north India. ... In computer programming, append is the name of a procedure for concatenating (linked) lists or arrays in some high-level programming languages. ... Look up Suffix in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sikhism (IPA: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ), founded on the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev and nine successive gurus in fifteenth century Northern India, is the fifth-largest religion in the world. ...

Apart from the Sikhs and the Rajputs, several other groups in India have also adopted Singh as either a middle name or a surname. Some of these include the Yadavs (e.g. "Mulayam Singh Yadav"), the Bhumihars, the non-Sikh Punjabis, the Gujjars (e.g. "Nirbhay Singh Gujjar"), and the non-Sikh Jats (e.g. "Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana"). Yadavas redirects here. ... Mulayam Singh Yadav (born November 22, 1939) is a politician in Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Bhumihar Brahmins also known as Bhumihars (भूमिहार) are an influential Hindu sub-caste who have traditionally resided in fertile regions of Indo-Gangetic plains of North India, in the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. ... The Punjabi people (Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی, also Panjabi people) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group from South Asia. ... The Gujjar or Gurjar are an ethnic group and caste of the Indian subcontinent. ... Nirbhay Gujjar was the most wanted dacoit of Chambal, India. ... Jats are now preeminently a farming community. ... Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana (1707-1756) was the most powerful ruler of princely state Gohad in northwestern Madhya Pradesh, India. ...

Contrary to the popular belief that Singh is only used by Punjabis, Singh is used by a wider population from Punjab to Uttar Pradesh and from Kashmir down into Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharastra to Nepal as well as the far eastern states of Manipur, Assam, Tripura, Sikkim and even Bhutan, spanning the entire subcontinent and even reaching Southeast Asia. It is also found in use among West Indians of Indian origin namely in places of Guyana, Trinidad and Surinam, as well as people of Indian origin found in Mauritius and Fiji Island. This article is about the geographical region. ... , Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: , IPA:  , translation: Northern Province), [often referred to as U.P.], located in central-south Asia and northern India, is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Republic of India. ... Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ... , Rājasthān (DevanāgarÄ«: राजस्थान, IPA: )   is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. ... , Madhya Pradesh (abbreviated as MP)   (HindÄ«: मध्य प्रदेश, English: , IPA: ), often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. ... Maharashtra (महाराष्ट्र) is a state in west-central India. ... , Manipur   (Meiteilon: মনিপুর in Eastern Nagari script, mnipur in Meitei Mayek) is a state in northeastern India making its capital in the city of Imphal. ... , Assam  ) (Assamese: অসম Ôxôm [É”xÉ”m]) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur, a suburb of the city Guwahati. ... Tripura   (Bengali: ত্রিপুরা, Hindi: त्रिपुरा) is a state in North East India. ... , Sikkim (Nepali:  , also Sikhim) is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... For other uses, see Trinidad (disambiguation). ... The Republic of Suriname, more commonly known as Suriname or Surinam, (formerly known as Netherlands Guiana and Dutch Guiana) is a country in northern South America, in between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west. ...

The use of Singh in Hindus as a middle name or last name denotes automatically that they are from the Kshatriya varna and are of the Rajput sub-caste or are descended from them where intermarriages have happened with Jats and Gujjars etc..^{[citation needed]} Original occupation of Kshatriyas and Rajputs was of being warriors and rulers, many families under different circumstances over the centuries intermarried or changed their profession to being farmers, carpenters etc. but retained Singh in their name denoting their ancestry and original family genealogy and caste.^{[citation needed]} For the Bollywood film of the same name see Kshatriya Kshatriya (Hindi: , from Sanskrit: , ) is one of the four varnas, or castes, in Hinduism. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Castes are hereditary systems of social occupation, endogamy, social culture, economic class, and political power. ...

Naming patterns

Singh is often used the traditional way, as previously described, by having it as the middle name after the first name and followed by the clan/family name by many communities, groups & peoples.^[11] For example, "Yogendra Singh Yadav", "Bhupinder Singh Hooda", "Mahendra Singh Dhoni" and "Bhairon Singh Shekhawat"). Sikh examples include, "Jassa Singh Ahluwalia" (Supreme leader of the Khalsa army), "Jassa Singh Ramgarhia" & "Hari Singh Nalwa" (General of Khalsa army). Thus Singh can be used as a middle name before the individual's surname, a common practice among many groups in India e.g. Jassa Singh Ahluwalia (Pattern, 1: First Name, 2: Singh, 3: Family name).Sometimes, but less often in modern times, Singh is used as a surname (for example, "Manmohan Singh", "Vijay Singh" and "Harbhajan Singh"). Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav of the Indian army was awarded the highest Indian military honour, Param Vir Chakra for his actions during the Kargil War on 4 July 1999. ... Bhupinder Singh Hooda (born September 15, 1927) is an Indian politician and the current Chief Minister of Haryana. ... Mahendra Singh Dhoni or MS Dhoni   (Hindi:महेन्द्र सिंह धोनी) (born July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Jharkhand) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian Twenty20 and ODI team. ... Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (born October 23, 1923) is a former Vice-President of India. ... Jassa Singh Ahluwalia (1718-1783) was a prominent Sikh leader during the period in Sikh history known as the Age of the Misls. ... Jassa Singh Ramgarhia (1723 -1803) was a prominent Sikh leader during the period of the Sikh Confederacy. ... Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa (1791-1837), the great Sikh warrior was born at Gujranwala, Punjab and was the Commander-In-Chief of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. ... Jassa Singh Ahluwalia (1718-1783) was a prominent Sikh leader during the period in Sikh history known as the Age of the Misls. ... This article is about the Prime Minister of India. ... For the politician, see Vijay R. Singh. ... Harbhajan Singh   (Punjabi: , born: 3 July 1980 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India) is an Indian cricketer and Indias most successful off spin bowler. ...

Earlier, a common practice among the Rajput men was to have Kumar as their middle name and Singh as their last name, while Rajput women had the last name of Kumari or Kunwarani. However, many Rajput women have Singh in their name as well.^[12] Several times during history due to various reasons Rajputs have migrated out of Rajputana their native region; many of those that got settled in other parts of India have since come to use Singh as their last name even though they belong to separate Rajput gotras and clans, this happened over several generations due to the local population preferring to popularly calling them just Singh in the new places they settled outside Rajputana, this was usually enough to denote that they belonged to the Kshatriya varna and were Hindu Rajput warriors by caste.^[13] Rajput constitute one of the major Hindu Kshatriya groups from India. ... Rajput constitute one of the major Hindu Kshatriya groups from India. ... Rajputana (or Raj(prut)tana), which means Land of the Rajputs rajput love old rotten cheese wanna see whitch cheese we like go to this web page http://home. ... A Gotra indicates lineage in the Hindu community. ...

A section of around a million adherents of Sikhism that live abroad in western countries only keep Singh or Kaur as an last name. This has caused legal problems in immigration procedures in Canada especially.^[14] For alternative meanings for The West in the United States, see the U.S. West and American West. ...

See also

• Asiatic Lion
• Guru Gobind Singh
• Kaur
• Lion Dance
• Narsingh or Narasimha, a half-man (Nar) and half-lion (Singh) incarnation of Vishnu in Hindu mythology.
• Narsinghgarh, place names derived from the word "Narsingh"
• Rajputs
• Rajput Regiment (Indian Army)
• Sikhs
• Sikh Rajput
• Sikh Regiment (Indian Army)
• Sikhism
• Singapore, whose name comes from the word Singa (lion)

Trinomial name Panthera leo persica Meyer, 1826 Current distribution of the Asiatic Lion in the wild Synonyms Leo leo goojratensis (India) Leo leo persicus (Persia) The Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica; also known as Indian Lion) is a subspecies of the lion found only in India. ... Guru Gobind Singh (Punjabi: ) (22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708) He was born in Patna in India in 1666 and became the tenth Guru of the Sikhs on 11 November 1675, succeeding his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur who was killed by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. ... KAUR is an FM radio station broadcasting from the campus of Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. ... Japanese name Kanji: Korean name Hangul: Hanja: Vietnamese name Quốc ngữ: Lion dance (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture, in which performers mimic a lions movements in a lion costume Asiatic lions[1] found in nearby India are the ones... In Hinduism, Narasimha (man-lion), also known as Narasingh is one of the avatars of Vishnu. ... Narsinghgarh is a town of historical importance in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh in India. ... A Rajput (possibly from Sanskrit rāja-putra, son of a king) is a member of a prominent caste who live throughout northern and central India, primarily in the northwestern state of Rajasthan. ... In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, self-sufficiency, physical and moral resilience, orderliness and hard work, fighting tenacity, and above all, a sense of courage and loyalty were the characteristics attributed by the British to the Indian martial races. ... A Sikh man wearing a turban The adherents of Sikhism are called Sikhs. ... There are many Sikhs or followers of Sikhism today who call themselves Sikh Rajputs. // Sikhism is traditionally seen as a religion of warriors who were protectors of Hindus against marauding Islamic invaders who seeked to convert Hindus to Islam by lethal force. ... The Sikh Regiment is the highest decorated regiment of the Indian Army, with 72 Battle Honours, 15 Theatre Honours and 5 COAS Unit Citations and 1596 other gallantry awards. ... Sikhism (IPA: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ), founded on the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev and nine successive gurus in fifteenth century Northern India, is the fifth-largest religion in the world. ...

References

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External links

• Rajput India [1]
• The official website for the Royal Family of Udaipur/Mewar [2]
• Manipur State Archives [3]
• Singh - G5SikhMedia.co.uk
• GAESO-Gurkha Army Ex-Servicemen's Organisation [4]
• Rajput Regiment Global Securities [5]
• Sikh Regiment Global Securities [6]
• Sikhs [7]