Hegde
Hegde means the Headman of the village. Hegde or Heggade Pergade is a surname found mainly in the coastal Karnataka region in India which is found in different communities. It is found amongst Hindus of the Kuruba Gowda community,[1][2][3][4][5] Bunt community, Saraswat brahmins,[6] Jain community, Havyaka Brahmins, Vokkaligas[7][2] in Karnataka.
The name derives from the Old Kannada word Pergade which means chief.
Etymology
The word Hegde is derived from the Old Kannada word Pergade which means chief.[8]
Notable people
The following is a list of notable people with last name Hegde.
Film Industry
- Ganesh Hegde, choreographer
- Latha Hegde, Indian actress
- Pakhi Hegde, Indian actress
- Pooja Hegde, Indian model and actress
- Samyuktha Hegde, Indian actress
- Sanjith Hegde, Indian singer and songwriter
- Satya Hegde, cinematographer
- Senna Hegde, Indian director
- Manjunath Hegde Kelase, cinematographer
Politicians
- Ananth Kumar Hegde, Indian politician and MP
- K. S. Hegde, former Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- Ramakrishna Hegde, Indian politician
- Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Indian politician, Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly and MLA
- Pramod Hegde Yellapur, Indian politician
Officials
- N. Santosh Hegde, former justice of the Supreme Court Of India
- Jagannathrao Hegde, former Sheriff of Mumbai
- Sanjay Hegde, senior advocate at the Supreme Court of India
Spiritual
- Veerendra Heggade, The Dharmadhikari of Dharmasthala Temple
Authors
- Belle Monappa Hegde, Indian medical scientist, educationist and author
Entrepreneurs
- V. G. Siddhartha Hegde (1959–2019), entrepreneur
Villages
Others
- R. K. Hegde (1931–1991), Indian plant pathologist
- Keremane Shivarama Hegde, Renowned Yakshagana Artist
- Panduranga Hegde, environmentalist
- Keremane Shambhu Hegde, World renowned Yakshagana Artist and Indian Choreographer
- Sukesh Hegde, Kabaddi player
- Jyoti Hegde, musician
- Kieron Hegde, Pilot
References
- Iyer, L. K. A. (1965). The Mysore Tribes and Castes, Volume 4. New Delhi: Mittal Publications. p. 27.
- Whitworth, George Clifford (1885). An Anglo-Indian Dictionary: A Glossary of Indian Terms Used in English, and of Such English Or Other Non-Indian Terms as Have Obtained Special Meanings in India. London: K. Paul, Trench. p. 120.
- Nanjundayya, H V, L K Ananthkrishna Iyer (1931). The Mysore Tribes and Castes, Volume 4. Mysore: Mysore University. pp. 27, 28.
- H. V., Nanjundayya (1906). The Ethnographic Survey of Mysore, I. Kuruba Caste. Bangalore: The Government Press. pp. 1, 2.
- Singh, K. K. (1996). People of India, National Series Volume VIII, Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames, and Titles. Oxford University Press, Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1499. ISBN 978-0-19-563357-3.
- "Hegde Name Meaning & Hegde Family History at Ancestry.com®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
- K. S. Singh (1998). India's Communities. Anthropological Survey of India Oxford University Press. p. 3677. ISBN 978-0-19-563354-2.
They are also known as Namdhari Gauda or Nadavaru. Heggade and Gowda are the titles , which they suffix to their names.
- "Hegde Family History". Oxford University Press. Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press.
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