The institution of surnames, though a later addition to Indian names, is a panorama of fascination as well as complications.

Nicknames in India in general, and in Kashmir in particular, have been developed and nourished to their possible ends. Present Kashmiri surnames are almost cent per cent specimen of Nicknames. Though, often they are repulsive and obnoxious, yet their utility as individualising elements and marks of identification cannot be ignored.

Excerpts from:
Sociology of Names and Nicknames of India
With Special Reference to Kashmir
by Ram Krishen Kaul
Utpal Publications
Motiyar, Rainawari, Srinagar-3, Kashmir

Table of Contents

Index

Gotras of Kashmiri Pandits

Naming of Kashmiri Pandits

Kashmiri Surnames

Nicknames

Kashmiri Names for Babies

Sociology of Names ...