Gaur Brahmins is a sub-caste of Hindu Brahmins divided in different sub sections like Shri Gaur, Sanadhya , Srotriya, (Bengal) etc. Below are the gotras, surname and titles used by Gaur Brahmins.[1][2]

List of Gaur Brahmin Gotras

S.No States Gotras Titles Surnames
1 Haryana[1] Attri, Bharadwaj, Bhrigu, Bhargava, Gautam, Jamdagni, Kashyap, Kaushik, Mudgal, Parashar, Shringi, Vats, Vashisth Pandit Gotras along with Sharma, Gaur, Baman.
2 Himachal Pradesh[1] Vishwamitra Pandit , Pujari
3 Delhi[1] Vashisth , Kashyap Gaur, Sharma
4 Bihar[1] Bharadwaj , Bhrigu , Bhargava ,

Kashyap , Shringi , Vishwamitra

Mallik, Padamshree Dubey, Mallik, Mishra, Pandey, Pathak, Tiwari
5 Uttar Pradesh[1] Attri, Bharadwaj, Bhrigu, Bhargava, Gautam, Jamdagni, Kashyap, Kaushik, Mudgal, Parashar, Shringi, Vats, Vashisth Kapil, Tiwari, Kaushik Gotras along with Sharma, Gaur, Kapil, Tiwari.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Singh, K. S. (1996). Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3.
  2. Agency, United States Central Intelligence (1964). Hindi Personal Names.
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