Khanna (name)
Khanna is a name.
Given name
[edit]- Khanna Omarkhali, Russian writer
Surname
[edit]Khanna is a Punjabi Hindu and Sikh surname and a Khatri clan.[1][2] Khannas belong to the Khatri caste and are part of the Dhai Ghar sub-group of Khatri Hindus.[3] According to tradition, Khannas are descendants of a common ancestor named Khan Chand.[1]
Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated to the clan, include:
- Akshaye Khanna, Indian actor
- Akshay Khanna (British actor)
- Amit Khanna, Indian film producer, director, writer, and journalist
- Amit Khanna (photographer), Indian film director, writer, actor, and fashion photographer
- Anamika Khanna, Indian fashion designer
- Anilkumar Khanna, Indian cricketer
- Arpan Khanna, Canadian politician
- Arvind Khanna, Indian politician, businessman, investor and philanthropist
- Ashok Khanna, Indian cricketer
- Avinash Rai Khanna, Indian politician
- Ayesha Khanna, Indian actress
- Balraj Khanna, Indian author and artist
- Bishamber Khanna, Indian painter and enamellist
- Chahat Khanna, Indian actress
- Derek Khanna, American conservative political commentator and columnist
- Dinesh Khanna, Indian badminton player
- Faqir Chand Khanna, Indian nuclear physicist
- Gaurav Khanna, Indian actor
- Gaurav Khanna (badminton), Indian para-badminton team's head coach
- Gaurav Khanna, Indian-American black hole physicist
- Gopal Khanna, Minnesota's first chief information officer (CIO)
- Hans Raj Khanna, Judge in Supreme Court of India
- Harbans Lal Khanna (?–1984), Indian politician
- Harish Khanna (politician), Indian politician
- Keeya Khanna, Indian actress
- Krishen Khanna, Indian artist
- Kum Kum Khanna, Indian molecular biologist and professor
- Mehr Chand Khanna, Indian politician
- Manish Khanna, Indian actor
- Meera Khanna, Indian writer and activist
- Monica Khanna, Indian actress
- Mukesh Khanna, Indian actor who played the role of Shaktimaan
- Namit Khanna, Indian television actor
- Navin Khanna, Indian researcher and scientist
- Nitin Khanna, Indian-born American entrepreneur
- Padma Khanna (born 1949), Indian actress
- Parag Khanna, Indian American strategy advisor and author
- Paul Khanna, British actor
- Pooja Khanna, Indian Paralympic Archery player
- Pramod Khanna, Indian actor and producer
- Prem Krishna Khanna, Indian freedom fighter
- Raashi Khanna, Indian actress
- Rachel Khanna, American politician
- Radhika Khanna, Indian fashion designer
- Ragini Khanna, Indian actress
- Rahul Khanna, Indian actor
- Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor
- Rajinder Khanna, current additional National Security Advisor of India
- Rajnish Khanna, Indian-American photobiologist and research scientist
- Rakesh Khanna, Indian businessman
- Ramesh Khanna, Indian acter and director
- Ranjana Khanna, literary critic and theorist
- Ravi Khanna, Indian actor, journalist and writer
- Renu Khanna Chopra, Indian scientist
- Rini Simon Khanna, Indian news anchor
- Rinke Khanna, Indian actress
- Ro Khanna (born 1976), American politician
- Roma Khanna, television and digital media executive
- Sanjeev Khanna, Indian-American computer scientist
- Sanjiv Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India and the 51st Chief Justice of India
- Satish Khanna, Indian cricketer
- Shalini Khanna, Indian actress
- Shipra Khanna, Indian chef
- Smriti Khanna, Indian actress and model
- Sucheta Khanna, Indian actress
- Suresh Kumar Khanna, Indian politician
- Surinder Khanna, Indian cricketer
- Tarun Khanna (born 1968), Indian-born American academic and author
- Tarun Khanna (actor), Indian actor
- Tanvi Khanna, Indian squash player
- Tejendra Khanna, former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
- Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress
- Usha Khanna, Indian music director in Hindi cinema
- Vikas Khanna, Indian celebrity chef
- Vikramaditya Khanna, Indo-American lawyer and a law professor
- Vinod Khanna, Indian actor
- Vipin Khanna, Indian businessman, financier and Indian Army officer
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hanks, Patrick (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4.
- ^ Koul, Ram Krishan (1982). Sociology of Names and Nicknames of India: With Special Reference to Kashmir. Utpal Publications. p. 62.
Khatri surnames like Bhatia, Bhandari, Chopra, Chowdhri, Dhawan, Kakar, Kapoor, Khanna, Kochhar, Mahendru, Sami, Sahni, Sethi, Tandan, Uppal, Vohra etc., are commonly used among Hindus of Punjab.
- ^ W.H. McLeod, Louis E. Fenech (2014). Historical dictionary of Sikhism (Third ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 182. ISBN 9781442236011.
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