Writing Adolescent Fiction/Character names/Bangladeshi

Usage note

In Bangladesh, a person's surname depends on his or her religion. There are different pools of surnames for Islamic families, for Hindu families, and for Buddhist families.

First names are taken from the Arab pool (if Muslim) or the East Indian pool (if Hindu or Buffhist).

Many Bangladeshis have two first names: a "good name", used for legal documents, and a "call name", which is what everybody calls them. The two are often unrelated: a man named Vijay may go by Bubai.

Many male Islamic Bangladeshis put Mohammod/Muhammad before their first names, as a prefix rather than a given name in the truest sense of the term. This can be abbreviated to Md.: Md. Ali Sarkar.

Surnames

Islamic surnames

1. Akhand
2. Aktar
3. Akther
4. Batin
5. Bhai
6. Bhuiyan
7. Bishwash
8. Chakladar
9. Chaqladar
10. Chowdhury
11. Chy
12. Dewan
13. Dihidar
14. Fakir
15. Faqir
16. Farin
17. Gazi
18. Gomastha
19. Haldar
20. Hazari
21. Howladar
22. Inamdar
23. Joardar
24. Karkun
25. Kashem
26. Kazi
27. Khan
28. Khondakar
29. Kochi
30. Lashkar
31. Lohani
32. Majumdar
33. Malangi
34. Malik
35. Malla
36. Mandal
37. Matubbar
38. Mazumdar
39. Meah
40. Mia
41. Miah
42. Mian
43. Mir
44. Mirza
45. Molla
46. Muhuri
47. Munshi
48. Mustafi
49. Nahar
50. Panni
51. Paran
52. Parvez
53. Patoyari
54. Pramanik
55. Qanungo
56. Quader
57. Quazi
58. Quddus
59. Rab
60. Sardar
61. Sarder
62. Sarkar
63. Shah
64. Shamsuddin
65. Sheikh
66. Shikdar
67. Sikdar
68. Sikder
69. Sircar
70. Sunny
71. Syed
72. Talukdar
73. Tarafdar
74. Thakur

Hindu surnames

1. Banik
2. Bapary
3. Bhattacharya
4. Bhottacharjo
5. Bhottacharjyo
6. Bhoumik
7. Bhowmik
8. Bishwas
9. Bondyopadhyay
10. Bonik
11. Bosu
12. Byapari
13. Chakrabarty
14. Chakraborty
15. Chokroborti
16. Chottopadhyay
17. Choudhuri
18. Chowdhury
19. Das
20. Datta
21. De
22. Debroy
23. Dey
24. Dotto
25. Dutta
26. Gain
27. Gangopadhyay
28. Gayen
29. Ghosh
30. Ghush
31. Gongopadhyay
32. Goswami
33. Guha
34. Guho
35. Gupta
36. Gupto
37. Gushami
38. Majumder
39. Mitra
40. Mitro
41. Mozumdar
42. Mukhopadhyay
43. Munshi
44. Munsi
45. Nath
46. Nil
47. Pal
48. Paul
49. Prabhupada
50. Probhupado
51. Purakayastha
52. Purkait
53. Purokayostho
54. Ray
55. Roy
56. Saha
57. Sarkar
58. Sarker
59. Sen
60. Seu
61. Sorkar
62. Thakur

Buddhist surnames

1. Banik
2. Bapary
3. Barua
4. Baruah
5. Bondyopadhyay
6. Bonik
7. Borua
8. Boruya
9. Byapari
10. Chakma
11. Chottopadhyay
12. Gonggopadhyay
13. Larma
14. Mahathero
15. Marma
16. Mohathero
17. Mru
18. Mrung
19. Mukhopadhyay
20. Murong
21. Murung
22. Mutsuddi
23. Pal
24. Patoyari
25. Patwary
26. Paul
27. Ray
28. Roy
29. Sarkar
30. Sarker
31. Sorkar
32. Talukdar
33. Talukder
34. Tanchangya
35. Tonchongga
36. Tripura