Dutta

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

See also: Dutt

• 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.
• Chitta Ranjan Dutta, retired Major General of Bangladesh Army and Pakistan Army
• 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
• Guru Dutt, actor
• 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
• Mohan Dutta, Indian-American media academic and activist
• Monikangana Dutta, model and actress from Assam
• Moumita Dutta, Indian physicist working at ISRO
• Munmun Dutta, actress
• Nikita 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
• Sunjay Dutt, 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

1. Hanks 2003, p. 504.
2. Clark 2014, p. 148.
3. Sharma 1978, p. 115.
4. "The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 97". 1976. Archived from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
5. Folk-lore. Indian Publications. 1975. p. 172.
6. Singh, K. S. (1996). Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. University of Michigan. p. 1591. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3.
7. "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