Sharma Explained
Sharma is a Hindu Brahmin surname. The Sanskrit stem (nom.) can mean 'joyfulness', 'comfort', 'happiness'.[1] Sarma and Sarmah are alternative English spellings of the name, commonly used by Assamese Brahmins.[2]
Origin
According to the Bhavishya Purana, Sharma is the first Brahmin surname, which the Parashurama, the sixth avatar of Vishnu, is said to have given to King Jaisen.[3]
Etymology
The Sanskrit word "Sharma" is derived from the term "ṣárman," which carries meanings of 'joy,' 'comfort,' and 'happiness.'
People
Notable people with the surname Sharma, Sarma or Sarmah who may or may not belong to Brahmin caste are as follows:
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- Abhiram Sharma, Nepalese politician
- Abhishek Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Adah Sharma, Indian actress
- Aditi Sharma (actress, born 1983), Indian film and TV actress
- Aditi Sharma (actress, born 1996), Indian TV actress
- Aditi Sharma (cricketer), Indian cricketer
- Agni Sharma (Valmiki), Indian author
- Aham Sharma, Indian film and TV actor
- Ajay Sharma (1988–1993), Indian cricketer
- Akash Sharma, Indian cricketer
- Akki Sharma, Nepalese visual effect artist
- Alok Sharma, British politician with the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom
- Alok Sharma (cricketer), Indian cricketer
- Amit Prakash Sharma, Indian parasitologist
- Amit Sharma (cricketer), Indian cricketer
- Anand Sharma, Indian politician
- Anant Sharma (1919–1988), Indian railway union leader, also Minister of State for Industry, and Union Minister
- Anil Sharma, several people
- Anjali Sharma (climate activist), Australian environmentalist
- Anjani Kumar Sharma, Nepalese surgeon
- Ankit Sharma (athlete), Indian athlete
- Ankit Sharma (cricketer), Indian cricketer
- Ankit Sharma (footballer), Indian footballer
- Ankitta Sharma, Indian TV actress
- Anna Sharma, (born 1995) Nepalese actress
- Anthony Francis Sharma, Nepalese Jesuit
- Anup Raj Sharma, was Chief Justice of Nepal
- Anu Sharma, American audiologist and academic
- Anuj Sharma, Indian singer
- Anushka Sharma (born 1988), Indian film actress and producer
- Archana Sharma (botanist) (1932–2008), Indian cytogeneticist and cytotoxicologist
- Aribam Syam Sharma, Indian film director and composer
- Arun Kumar Sarmah, Indian politician
- Arun Kumar Sharma, Indian biologist
- Arjun Sharma, Indian cricketer
- Ashish Sharma, Indian film and television actor
- Astra Sharma, Australian tennis player
- Avinash Sharma (born 1981), New Zealand and Oxford University cricketer
B
- B. D. Sharma (1918–1993), Chief Minister of Haryana, Governor of Odisha and Madhya Pradesh (India)
- B. N. Sarma (1867–1932), Indian lawyer, politician and freedom fighter
- Babita Sharma, British television newsreader on BBC News (TV channel) and BBC World News
- Basanti Sarma, Indian politician
- Benudhar Sharma, Indian historian
- Bhagwatikumar Sharma (1934–2018), Indian Gujarati language author and journalist
- Bhakti Sharma, Indian open water swimmer
- Brajanath Sarma, Assamese playwright and actor
- Bipul Sharma, Indian cricket player
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D
- Deepak Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Deepti Sharma (born 1997), Indian cricketer
- Deen Bandhu Sharma, Indian writer from Jammu and Kashmir
- Dheeraj Sharma (filmmaker), Indian film director and social workerBherumal Meharchand Advani
- Dheeraj Sharma (professor), Indian professor of management
- Dina Nath Sharma, Nepalese politician
- Dinesh Sharma (actor), Nepalese actor
- Dinesh Sharma (politician), Indian politician, mayor of Lucknow
- Dinesh Sharma (academic), Indian social scientist, psychologist, academic and author
- Dineshwar Sharma (1954–2020), Indian police officer
- Dipannita Sharma (born 1979), Indian model and actress
- Divyendu Sharma (born 1983), known as Divyenndu, Indian film actor
- Dwijen Sharma, Bangladeshi naturalist and science writer
E
G
- Geetanjali Sharma (born 1984), Indian classical dancer
- Gaurav Sharma (author) (born 1992), Indo-Canadian author
- Gaurav Sharma (engineer), American engineer
- Gaurav Sharma (politician), (born 1987), New Zealand doctor and politician
- Gaurav Sharma (singer) (born 1992), Indian singer and composer
- Girish Sharma, Indian comedian
- G. R. Sharma (1919–1986), Indian historian
- Gokul Sharma (born 1985), Indian cricketer playing for Assam
- Gopal Sharma (1985–1990), Indian cricketer (spin-bowler)
- Gyanesh Sharma (born 1963), Indian politician
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I
J
- Janamanchi Seshadri Sarma, Telugu poet
- Jagdish Sharma, Indian politician
- Janardhan Sharma, Nepalese politician
- Jaswant Rai Sharma, better known by his pen name Naqsh Lyallpuri, Indian lyricist
- Jaya Sharma, Indian cricketer who has played one women's test match
- Jhabarmal Sharma, Indian journalist and historian of Rajasthan
- Jitesh Sharma (born 1993), Indian cricketer playing for Vidarbha
- Joginder Sharma, Indian cricketer player
- Jyotirmaya Sharma, Indian political scientist
K
- K. V. Sarma, Indian science historian
- Kamalesh Sharma, Indian diplomat and 5th Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
- Kapil Sharma (comedian) (born 1981), Indian stand-up comedian, actor, TV host and producer
- Karan Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Karanvir Sharma, Hindi film and television actor
- Karn Sharma, Indian cricketer
- Karthik Sarma (born 1974/1975), Indian-American billionaire hedge fund manager
- Kavana Sarma, Indian engineer
- Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, present Prime Minister of Nepal
- Kidar Sharma (1910–1999), Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and lyricist
- Konkona Sen Sharma (born 1979), Indian actress
- Kriti Sharma, Indian artificial intelligence technologist
- Kuldeep Sharma, MLA for Ganaur in Haryana
- Kum Uma Sharma (born 1942), Indian kathak dancer, choreographer, and teacher
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M
- Mahesh Sharma (born 1959), Indian politician (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- Mahika Sharma (born 1994), Indian actress and model
- Mamta Sharma, Indian singer (Dabangg fam)
- Malvika Sharma (born 1999) indian actress and model
- Manish Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Manju Sharma (biologist) (born 1940), Indian biologist from Gandhinagar
- Manu Sharma (born 1977), Indian, also known as Siddharth Vashisht, convicted for the 1999 murder of Jessica Lal
- Mithila Sharma, Nepalese actress
- Mohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
- Mohit Sharma, Indian military officer
- Mukesh Sharma, Public Auditor, Government of India
- Murari Raj Sharma, Nepalese diplomat
- Murli Sharma, Indian actor
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P
R
- R. S. Sharma (disambiguation), multiple people
- Rabindra Nath Sharma, Nepalese politician
- Rahul Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Rajan Sarma, Tamil-language actor
- Rajat Sharma (born 1957), Indian Hindi TV news channel editor
- Rajendra Prasad Sharma (born 1960), IPS, DGP officer, Orissa Police
- Rajesh Kumar Sharma (born 1978), Bihar Politician, Health Minister
- Rajesh Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Rajiv Sharma, New Zealand cricketer
- Rakesh Sharma (born 1949), Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11
- Ram Avatar Sharma, Indian Sanskrit scholar
- Ram Karan Sharma, Indian Sanskrit poet
- Ram Sharan Sharma, Indian historian
- Ram Vilas Sharma (1912–2000), Indian literary critic, linguist, and poet
- Reecha Sharma, Nepalese actress
- Rhea Sharma, Indian Television actress
- Richa Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, Indian lawyer, entrepreneur and social activist.
- Robin Sharma (born 1965), Canadian writer, leadership speaker
- Roopam Sharma (born 1995), Indian Scientist and Inventor
- Rohit Sharma (born 1987), Indian cricketer
- Ria Sharma (born 1980), Indian entrepreneur in British Columbia
S
- S. Sharma, communist leader
- Sagar Sharma, Indian cricketer
- Sahil Sharma, Indian cricketer
- Sameer Sharma, Indian television actor
- Sankar Das Sarma, American scientist
- Sandeep Sharma (born 1993), Indian cricketer, playing domestic cricket for Punjab
- Sanjay Sarma, Indian professor of mechanical engineering and the Vice-President for Open Learning at MIT
- Sanjay Sharma, (born 1967) Canadian ophthalmologist
- Sanjay Sharma (born 1969) Indian politician as of 2024, a Minister of State in the Government of Rajasthan
- Sanjay Sharma (born 1969) Indian serial killer who murdered 2 of his wives and a child
- Sanjeev Sharma (1988–1990), Indian cricketer
- Sanu Sharma, Australian writer of Nepalese nationality
- Satish Kumar Sharma, Indian National Congress party politician, MP representing Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha
- Satish Sharma (1947–2021), Indian National Congress party politician, and member of the Union Cabinet
- Satnarine Sharma, former Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago
- Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999), ninth President of India
- Shankar Prasad Sharma, Nepalese diplomat
- Shefali Sharma, Indian TV actress
- Shivkumar Sharma (born 1939), Indian Santoor player
- Shradha Sharma, Indian journalist
- Shreya Sharma, Indian child film actress
- Shrikant Sharma, politician from Mathura
- Sree Harilal Sarma, Indian Navy Admiral
- Shubhlakshmi Sharma, Indian cricketer
- Shyam Sunder Sharma, 7-times MLA from Mant
- Subbaraya Sharma, Indian Telugu theatre, television and movie artist
- Sudheer Sharma, Nepalese journalist
- Sunil Kumar Sharma (disambiguation), multiple people
- Suresh Raj Sharma, Nepalese academician
- Surendra Nath Sharma (1910–1987), known as Surendra, Indian singer-actor of Hindi films
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V
- Venod Sharma (born 1948), Indian politician, founder of the Haryana Jan Chetna Party (V)
- Vinod Prakash Sharma (1938–2015), Indian malariologist
- Vineet Kumar Sharma, Indian field hockey player
- Virendra Sharma, British Politician
- Vishal Sharma (disambiguation), several people
- Vishnu Sharma, author of Panchtantra
- Vishwa Nath Sharma (born 1930), Indian Chief of the Army Staff
- Vivek Sharma, born 1969, Indian filmmaker
- Vivekanand Sharma (1938–2006), Fiji Indian politician and religious worker
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Further reading
Notes and References
- Book: Williams, Sir Monier . A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymological and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages . Asian Educational Services . 1999 . 9788120603691 . 1058.
- Web site: 4 April 2003 . Assamese Surnames . 20 October 2011 . Languageinindia.com.
- News: Sharma . Shiv Darshanlal . Origin of Sharmas . 19 October 2023 . The Tribune . 2 December 2000.
