Chakraborty
Chakraborty is a surname from the Indian subcontinent meaning ′Ruler of the country′ or 'Emperor'.[1][2] It is derived from the Sanskrit words cakra (wheel) and 'vart' (to roll or turn) which metaphorically denotes a ruler whose chariot wheels roll without obstruction.[2] Chakraborty belong to Bengali Hindus in India and Bangladesh especially within Brahmins.[3] It is spelled in various ways, including Chakravarty, Chakravartty, Chakraverty, Chakraverty, Chakraborty, Chakraborti, Chokroborti, Chakrabarti, Chakrabarty, Chakraverty, Chakravarty, Chakravarti, Chakrawarti, Chakravartin, Chakravorti, Chakrabortty, Chakravorty and Chuckreverty.
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Origin and meaning
Sanskrit čakravartī literally means ‘wheels rolling’ (čakra ‘wheel’ + vart ‘to roll or turn’); metaphorically, it describes a ruler whose chariot wheels roll everywhere without obstruction.[2]
Notable persons with this surname
Male
- Abani Chakravarty (1941-1994?), Indian Assamese poet
- Ajay Chakraborty (born 1943), Indian politician
- Ajoy Chakrabarty (born 1953), Indian singer
- Akinchan Chakrabarty (18th century), Bengali poet
- Amal Chakraborty, Indian paediatric surgeon
- Ambika Chakrabarty (1892–1962), Bengali Indian independence movement activist and revolutionary
- Amiya Chakravarty (1901–1986), literary critic, academic, and Bengali poet
- Amiya Chakravarty (1912-1957), Indian film director, screenwriter and producer
- Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty (born 1938), Indian microbiologist, party to the U.S. Supreme Court case Diamond v. Chakrabarty
- Animesh Chakravorty (born 1935), Indian chemist
- Aravinda Chakravarti (born 1954), Indian geneticist
- Arindam Chakrabarti, Indian philosopher working in Hawaii
- Arjun Chakrabarty, Indian actor
- Arnab Chakrabarty (born 1980), Indian musician and Sarod player
- Arup Chakraborty, American engineer
- Bicky Chakraborty (born 1943), Swedish hotel mogul
- Bikas K Chakrabarti (born 1952), Indian physicist
- Birendra Narayan Chakraborty (1904–1976), Indian politician
- Bonnie Chakraborty, Bengali singer
- Byomkes Chakrabarti (1923–1981), Indian linguist
- Chiranjeet Chakraborty (born 1960), Indian Bengali film actor
- Dhirendra Kishore Chakravarti (1902 – after 1982), Indian geologist and palaeontologist
- Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti, Indian archaeologist
- Dipesh Chakrabarty (born 1948), Indian historian
- Gaurav Chakrabarty (born 1987), Indian actor
- Ghanaram Chakrabarty (c. 1669-?), Bengali poet
- Haranath Chakraborty (born 1959), Indian Bengali film director
- J. D. Chakravarthy (born 1970), Indian film actor and director in Telugu cinema and Bollywood
- Janardan Chakravarti (1901-1987), Indian professor of Bengali
- K. Chakravarthy (1936–2002), music director in the South Indian film industry
- Keshab Chakravarthy (active 1925), Indian revolutionary
- Khelaram Chakrabarty (16th century), Bengali poet
- Kushal Chakraborty (born 1968), Bengali actor and film director
- M. C. Chakrabarti (died 1972), Indian statistician
- Mahaakshay Chakraborty (born 1984), Indian actor
- Manoj Chakraborty (born 1954), Indian politician
- Mithun Chakraborty (born 1950), Indian actor, director and businessman
- Nachiketa Chakraborty (born 1965), Indian Bengali singer-songwriter
- Nirendranath Chakravarty (born 1924), Bengali poet
- Nripen Chakraborty (1905–2004), Indian politician
- Oliphant Chuckerbutty (1884–1960), English composer and organist of Anglo-Indian descent
- Panchanan Chakraborty (1900–1995), Indian revolutionary
- Pramod Chakravorty (1929–2004), Indian film director and producer
- Praveen Chakravarty (born 1973), Indian businessman
- Pritam Chakraborty (born 1971), Indian Bengali music director and composer
- Pritish Chakraborty Indian film actor, director, writer, producer, singer in Bollywood
- Rahi Chakraborty (born 1988), Indian singer, songwriter, programmer and guitarist
- Raj Chakraborty (born 1975), Indian Bengali film director
- Rajorshi Chakraborti (born 1977), Indian writer in English
- Ranajit Chakraborty, Indian geneticist
- Rupram Chakrabarty (17th century), Bengali poet
- S. S. Chakravarthy, Indian Tamil film producer
- Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, (born 1956), Bengali Indian TV and film actor
- Saikat Chakrabarti, American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and political activist
- Samiran Chandra Chakrabarti Indian Indologist and scholar of onomastics & Vedic studies
- Samrat Chakrabarti (born 1975), British-American actor and musician
- Sandip Chakrabarti (born 1958), Indian astrophysicist
- Sapan Chakraborty, Bengali Indian music composer
- Shibram Chakraborty (1903–1980), Bengali writer, humorist and revolutionary
- Shibu Chakravarthy (born 1961), lyricist, screenplay and script writer who mainly works in Malayalam Cinema
- Shyam Sundar Chakravarthy (1869–1932), Bengali revolutionary, independence activist and journalist
- Snehasish Chakraborty (born 1989), Indian footballer
- Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty (ca 1826–1874), one of the earliest Indians to practice modern medicine
- Sourav Chakraborty (born 1992), Indian footballer
- Souvik Chakraborty (born 1991), Indian footballer
- Subhas Chakraborty Indian politician, former minister of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Died in 2009. Member of Communist Party of India Marxist and also former transport minister of West Bengal
- Sugato Chakravarty Indian marketing academic
- Sujan Chakraborty (born 1959), Indian politician
- Sujit Chakravarty (born 1959), Indian football manager
- Suma Chakrabarti (born 1959), British civil servant, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Sumon K Chakrabarti, Indian journalist
- Swadesh Chakraborty (born 1943), Indian politician
- Swapan Kumar Chakravorty (born 1954) Director General of the National Library of India, Kolkata
- Trailokyanath Chakravarty (1889–1970), Indian revolutionary
- Tulsi Chakraborty (1899–1961), Indian comic actor
- Utpalendu Chakrabarty (born 1948), Indian film director
- Vijay C Chakravarthy Indian cinematographer
- Vinayak Chakravorty Indian film critic and film journalist
- Vinu Chakravarthy (born 1945) Tamil actor, script writer and director
- Visvanatha Chakravarti (1626? - 1708?) Bengali guru
Female
- Bijoya Chakravarty (born 1939), Indian politician from Assam
- Dia Chakravarty (born 1984), Bangladeshi-born British political activist and singer
- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (born 1942), Indian literary critic
- Ipsita Roy Chakraverti (born 1950), Indian Wiccan priestess
- Kaushiki Chakrabarty (born 1980), Indian classical vocalist
- Lolita Chakrabarti (born 1969), British actor and writer
- Meghna Chakrabarti, American radio personality
- Mimi Chakraborty (born 1989), Bengali film actress, singer and a (nominal) Member of Parliament
- Reeta Chakrabarti (born 1964), British television journalist
- Rhea Chakraborty (born 1992), Indian video jockey and actress
- Ritabhari Chakraborty (born 1992), Indian Bengali film actor
- Rushmi Chakravarthi (born 1977), Indian tennis player
- Shami Chakrabarti (born 1969), British member of the House of Lords, barrister and civil liberties campaigner
- Sharmila Chakraborty (born 1961), Indian cricketer
- Sumona Chakravarti, Bollywood actress and celebrity
- Uthpala Chakraborty, Indian cricketer.
- S. A. Chakraborty, (born 1985), American fantasy novelist
See also
- Chakrabarti Inquiry, British Labour Party inquiry into allegations of antisemitism
- Chakravartin, an ancient Indian term used to refer to an ideal universal ruler
- Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat, a 2015 Indian historical drama TV series
References
- Meaning of চক্রবর্তী (Chokroborti) in an online dictionary website, retrieved 14 February 2019
- "Chakrabarti Name Meaning & Chakrabarti Family History at Ancestry.com®". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- "Chakraborty surname". Geni.com. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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