Dutta Explained

Dutta, also spelled Datta (pronounced as /'dʌtə/), is an Indian family name. Its variation is Dutt.

The surname is found primarily among Bengali Kayasthas and also among Suvarna Baniks and Gandhabaniks in Bengal.^{[1] [2]} The surname is also used by the Mohyal Brahmins of Punjab.^[3]

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
• Yashica Dutt, Indian writer

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.^[4]

Sources

• • Book: Hanks, P. . Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set . Oxford University Press, USA . v. 1 . 2003 . 978-0-19-508137-4 . 25 May 2019.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 97 . 1976 . 16 August 2019 . 11 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230311091837/https://books.google.com/books?id=WKuvh2fgQzsC&q=seven+clans+of+mohyals&dq=seven+clans+of+mohyals&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjly-P6hp7jAhUTfysKHXgwBu4Q6AEILjAB . live.
2. Book: Folk-lore. 1975. Indian Publications. 172. en.
3. Book: Singh . K. S. . Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles . 1996 . University of Michigan . 978-0-19-563357-3 . 1591 . en.
4. Web site: Dutta vs Dutta . Outlook . 16 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131224125101/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=756131 . 24 December 2013 .