Sharma

Surname in India and Nepal

For the modern village in Yemen, see Sharmah. For the medieval harbour, see Sharma (medieval).

Sharma‌ is a Hindu Brahmin surname. ‌The Sanskrit stem‌ ṣárman- (nom. sarma) ‌can ‌mean '‌joyfulness', 'comfort‌', 'happiness'.[1][2] Sarma and Sarmah are alternative English spellings of the name, commonly used by Assamese Brahmins.[3]

## Origin

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According to the Bhavishya Purana, ‌Sharma is the‌ first ‌Brahmin surname‌, which Parashurama, the sixth avatar of Vishnu, is ‌said to have given ‌to King Jaisen.[4]

## Etymology‌

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‌The Sanskrit‌ word "Sharma‌" is derived‌ from ‌the term "ṣárman‌," which ‌carries meanings of 'joy,' 'comfort,' and 'happiness.'[citation needed]‌

## Use among Vishwakarma community

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Some members of the Vishwakarma community, traditionally known as divine craftsmen and engineers in Hindu texts, also use the surname "Sharma" as a spiritual and cultural identifier.

According to the Yajurveda (Adhyaya 4, Mantra 9), the word "Sharma" is directly used in a mantra addressing those engaged in Shilpakala (divine craftsmanship), recognizing them as providers of peace and spiritual refuge. This has been interpreted to include Vedic artisans and Brahmins within the Vishwakarma lineage who served priestly roles and were proficient in both ritual and technical knowledge.

Sanskrit reference: ऋत्विजामयोः शिल्पे स्थस्ते वामारमे ते मा पातमास्य यज्ञस्योहेवच। शर्मासि शर्म मे यच्छु नमस्तेऽस्तु मा मा हिंसीः ॥ (Yajurveda – Adhyaya 4, Mantra 9)

Translation: "You are the shelter, give me peace; let there be no harm to me."

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## People

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Notable people with the surname Sharma, Sarma or Sarmah who may or may not belong to Brahmin caste are as follows:

### A

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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
* 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 and politician
* 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 actress
* Anna Sharma, (born 1995) Nepalese actress
* Anthony Francis Sharma, Nepalese Jesuit
* Anup Raj Sharma, Chief Justice of Nepal
* Anu Sharma, American audiologist and academic
* Anuj Sharma (singer), Indian playback singer
* Anuj Sharma (actor) (born 1976), Indian politician and actor
* Anuj Sharma (police officer) (born 1968), Indian policeman
* 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
* Arvind Sharma (born 1940), Indian academic
* Ashish Sharma, Indian actor
* Astra Sharma, Australian tennis player
* Avinash Sharma (born 1981), New Zealand cricketer

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* B. D. Sharma (1918–1993), Indian politician from Odisha and Madhya Pradesh
* B. N. Sarma (1867–1932), Indian lawyer, politician and freedom fighter
* Babita Sharma, British television newsreader
* Basanti Sarma, Indian politician
* Benudhar Sharma, Indian historian
* Bhagwatikumar Sharma (1934–2018), Indian author and journalist
* Bhakti Sharma, Indian swimmer
* Brajanath Sarma, Assamese playwright and actor
* Bipul Sharma, Indian cricketer

### C

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* Charu Sharma, Indian cricket commentator
* Charu Sharma (athlete) (born 1992), Indian athlete and performer
* Chetan Sharma, Indian cricketer, politician, nephew of Yashpal
* Chris Sharma, American rock climber
* Cindy Devika Sharma, Trinidad and Tobago politician

### D

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* 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 worker
* Dheeraj Sharma (professor), Indian professor of management
* Dina Nath Sharma, Nepalese politician
* Dinesh Sharma (actor), Nepalese actor
* Dinesh Sharma (politician), Indian politician from 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 actor
* Dwijen Sharma, Bangladeshi naturalist and science writer

### E

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* Evelyn Sharma (born 1986), German actress

### G

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* 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
* Gopal Sharma (1985–1990), Indian cricketer
* Gyanesh Sharma (born 1963), Indian politician

### H

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* Hariharan Raja Sharma, Indian politician
* Himanshu Sharma, Indian screenwriter
* Himanta Biswa Sarma, Indian politician from Assam

### I

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* Ishant Sharma (born 1988), Indian cricketer
* Ishani Sharma, Indian actress

### J

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* Janamanchi Seshadri Sarma, Indian Telugu poet
* Jagdish Sharma, Indian politician
* Janardhan Sharma, Nepalese politician
* Jaswant Rai Sharma, known as Naqsh Lyallpuri, Indian lyricist
* Jaya Sharma, Indian cricketer
* Jhabarmal Sharma, Indian journalist and historian of Rajasthan
* Jitesh Sharma (born 1993), Indian cricketer
* Joginder Sharma, Indian cricketer
* Jyotirmaya Sharma, Indian political scientist

### K

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* K. V. Sarma, Indian science historian
* Kamalesh Sharma, Indian diplomat and Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
* Kapil Sharma (comedian) (born 1981), Indian comedian, actor, TV host and producer
* Karan Sharma (disambiguation), several people
* Karanvir Sharma, Indian actor
* Karn Sharma, Indian cricketer
* Karthik Sarma (born 1974/1975), Indian-American billionaire hedge fund manager
* Kavana Sarma, Indian engineer
* Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal
* Kidar Sharma (1910–1999), Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and lyricist
* Kim Sharma, Indian actress and model
* Konkona Sen Sharma (born 1979), Indian actress
* Kriti Sharma, Indian artificial intelligence technologist
* Kuldeep Sharma, Indian politician from Haryana
* Kum Uma Sharma (born 1942), Indian kathak dancer, choreographer, and teacher

### L

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* Lalit Mohan Sharma (1928–2008), Chief Justice of India
* Laxmi Sharma, Nepali entrepreneur

### M

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* Mahesh Sharma (born 1959), Indian politician
* Mahika Sharma (born 1994), Indian actress and model
* Mamta Sharma, Indian singer, Munni Badnaam Hui
* 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 convicted for the 1999 murder of Jessica Lal
* Mithila Sharma, Nepalese actress
* Mohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
* Mohit Sharma, Indian military officer
* Mukesh Sharma, Indian auditor
* Murari Raj Sharma, Nepalese diplomat
* Murli Sharma, Indian actor

### N

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* Neha Sharma (born 1987), Indian actress and model
* Nia Sharma (born 1990), Indian actress
* Nikita Sharma, Indian actress
* Nilamber Dev Sharma, Indian scholar and writer of Dogri and English literature
* Nisha Sharma, Nepalese actor
* Nisha Sharma, Indian field hockey player
* Nisha Sharma, American romance novelist
* Nupur Sharma, Indian politician

### P

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* Pankaj Sharma, British neurologist
* Paras Sharma, Indian cricketer
* Paridhi Sharma, Indian actress
* Parvez Sharma, Indian writer and filmmaker
* Phaldut Sharma, British actor and dancer
* Phani Sarma, Assamese playwright and actor
* Pooja Sharma (disambiguation)

### R

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* 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
* Ria Sharma (born 1980), Indian entrepreneur in British Columbia.
* Richa Sharma (disambiguation), several people
* Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, Indian lawyer, entrepreneur and social activist.
* Robin Sharma (born 1965), Canadian writer, leadership speaker
* Rohit Sharma (born 1987), Indian cricketer
* Roopam Sharma (born 1995), Indian Scientist and Inventor

### S

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* 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
* Shefali Sharma, Indian TV actress
* Shivkumar Sharma (born 1939), Indian Santoor player
* 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 academic
* Surendra Nath Sharma (1910–1987), known as Surendra, Indian singer-actor of Hindi films

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* Tara Sharma, Hindi-language film actress
* Tara Nath Sharma, Nepalese writer
* Tarali Sarma, Indian singer
* Tanya Sharma, Indian TV actress
* Tilak Ram Sharma (born 1968), Nepali politician
* Tunisha Sharma, Indian TV actress

### U

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* Umang Sharma (born 1989), Indian cricketer playing for Uttar Pradesh
* Umesh Sharma, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
* Urvashi Sharma, Indian actress
* Upendranath Sharma (1910–1996), pen name Upendranath Ashk, Indian poet
* Utkarsh Sharma, Indian actor

### V

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* 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

### Y

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* Yashpal Sharma (actor) (born 1967), Indian actor
* Yashpal Sharma (cricketer) (1954–2021), Indian cricketer
* Yuyutsu Sharma, Nepalese writer

## References

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1. ^ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 1058 col.2. OCLC 685239912.
2. ^ Williams, Sir Monier (1999). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymological and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to ‌Cognate Indo-European Languages. Asian Educational Services. p. 1058\. ISBN 9788120603691.
3. ^ "Assamese Surnames". Languageinindia.com. 4 April 2003. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
4. ^ Sharma, Shiv Darshanlal (2 December 2000). "Origin ‌of Sharmas". The Tribune. Retrieved 19 October 2023. [verification needed]
5. ^ Yajurveda, Adhyaya 4, Mantra 9. Source: वेद.com — [1](https://xn--j2b3a4c.com/yajurveda/4/9)

## Further reading

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* Atal, Yogesh (2012). Sociology: A Study of the Social Sphere. Pearson Education India. p. 242\. ISBN 978-8-13179-759-4.

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