Dutta, also spelled Datta (IPA: ['dʌtə]), is an Indian family name[1] Its variation is Dutt.
The surname is found primarily among Bengali Kayasthas,[2][3] Assamese Kalitas (Baro-Bhuyans) and also among Suvarna Baniks and Gandhabaniks in Bengal.[4][5] The surname is also used by the Mohyal Brahmins of Punjab.[6]
Datta means "given" or "granted" in Sanskrit and is also an alternative name for the Hindu deity Dattatreya.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Aishwarya Dutta (born 1995), Tamil actress
- Akshay Kumar Datta (1820–1886), writer
- Anandita Dutta Tamuly, record holder in Limca Book of Records
- Aloke Dutta, musician
- Amal Dutta, footballer and coach.
- Anik Dutta, Bengali film director
- Arpita Singh, born Arpita Dutta, painter
- Aswini Kumar Dutta (1856–1923), nationalist leader and philanthropist
- Bhabatosh Datta (1911–1997), economist and academic
- Bhaktivinoda Thakur (1838–1914), born Kedarnath Datta, Hindu religious leader
- Birendra Nath Datta, writer
- Bhupendranath Datta, revolutionary and sociologist.
- Chitra Singh, born Chitra Shome, singer.
- Debasish Dutta, Indian origin mechanical engineer and higher education administrator
- Dhirendranath Datta (1886–1971), Bengali lawyer and politician
- Divya Dutta (born 1977), film actress.
- Durjoy Datta, writer
- Himangshu Dutta (1908–1944), composer
- Indrani Dutta, Bengali television actress
- Jyotirmoy Datta, writer, journalist, poet and essayist
- J. P. Dutta (born 1949), film producer, writer and director
- Jyoti Prakash Dutta, Bangladeshi short-story writer
- Kalpana Datta, Indian independence activitist
- Kanailal Dutta, Indian independence activist
- Lara Dutta, actress
- Mitra Dutta, Indian-American physicist
- Monikangana Dutta, model and actress from Assam
- Moumita Dutta, Indian physicist working at ISRO
- Munmun Dutta, actress
- Premananda Dutta, Bengali revolutionary attached with Chittagong Rebellion
- Phulrenu Guha, born Phulrenu Dutta, politician and social activist.
- Radha Raman Dutta, music composer
- Rabindranath Datta, poet and educator
- Rono Dutta, CEO of Interglobe Aviation Limited
- Samadarshi Dutta, Bengali film actor
- Satyendranath Dutta (1882–1922), Bengali poet.
- Shanta Dutta, microbiologist
- Sudhindranath Dutta, Bengali poet and essayist
- Supriyo Datta, nanotechnology researcher
- Swami Gambhirananda, born Jatindranath Datta, Hindu religious leader
- Tanushree Dutta, actress
- Tina Dutta, actress
- Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902), born Narendranath Datta, Hindu religious leader
- Ullaskar Dutta, Indian independence activist
In popular culture
In 2012, a Bengali film Dutta vs Dutta was released, directed by Anjan Dutt, the film captured family drama of three generations of a Bengali Dutta family.[7]
References
- ↑ Hanks 2003, p. 504.
- ↑ Clark 2014, p. 148.
- ↑ Sharma 1978, p. 115.
- ↑ "The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 97". 1976. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ↑ Folk-lore. Indian Publications. 1975. p. 172.
- ↑ Singh, K. S. (1996). Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. University of Michigan. p. 1591. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3.
- ↑ "Dutta vs Dutta". Outlook. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
Sources
- Clark, Gregory (2014), The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility, Princeton University Press
- Hanks, P. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- Inden, Ronald B. (1976), Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture: A History of Caste and Clan in Middle Period Bengal, University of California Press, p. 1, ISBN 978-0-520-02569-1
- Rigopoulos, Antonio (1998), Dattatreya: The Immortal Guru, Yogin, and Avatara : A Study of the Transformative and Inclusive Character of a Multi-Faceted Hindu Deity, State University of New York Press, pp. 27–28, ISBN 978-0-7914-3695-0, retrieved 11 June 2012
- Bandyopadhyay, Sekhar (2004), Caste, Culture, and Hegemony: Social Dominance in Colonial Bengal, Sage Publications, p. 20, ISBN 978-81-7829-316-5
- Sharma, Tej Ram (1978), Personal and Geographical Names in the Gupta Inscriptions, New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, p. 115
- Wink, Andre (1991), Al-Hind, the Making of the Indo-Islamic World, Volume 1, Brill Academic Publishers, p. 269, ISBN 978-90-04-09509-0, retrieved 3 September 2011
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