Chakraborty
Chakraborty is a surname from the Indian subcontinent meaning ′Ruler of the country′ or 'Emperor'. It is derived from the Sanskrit words cakra and 'vart' which metaphorically denotes a ruler whose chariot wheels roll without obstruction. Chakraborty is commonly found among Bengali Hindus in India and Bangladesh especially within Brahmins and Kshatriyas. It is spelled in various ways, including Chakravartty, Chakravertty, Chakraverty, Chakraborty, Chakraborti, Chokroborti, Chakrabarti, Chakrabarty, Chakraverty, Chakravarty, Chakravarti, Chakravartin, Chakravorti, Chakrabortty, Chakravorty and Chuckreverty.
Origin and meaning
Sanskrit čakravartī literally means ‘wheels rolling’ ; metaphorically, it describes a ruler whose chariot wheels roll everywhere without obstruction.Notable persons with this surname
Male
- Abani Chakravarty, Indian Assamese poet
- Ajay Chakraborty, Indian politician
- Ajoy Chakrabarty, Indian singer
- Akinchan Chakrabarty, Bengali poet
- Amal Chakraborty, Indian paediatric surgeon
- Ambika Chakrabarty, Bengali Indian independence movement activist and revolutionary
- Amiya Chakravarty, literary critic, academic, and Bengali poet
- Amiya Chakravarty, Indian film director, screenwriter and producer
- Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty, Indian microbiologist, party to the U.S. Supreme Court case Diamond v. Chakrabarty
- Animesh Chakravorty, Indian chemist
- Aravinda Chakravarti, Indian geneticist
- Arindam Chakrabarti, Indian philosopher working in Hawaii
- Arjun Chakrabarty, Indian actor
- Arnab Chakrabarty, Indian musician and Sarod player
- Arup Chakraborty, American engineer
- Bicky Chakraborty, Swedish hotel mogul
- Bikas K Chakrabarti, Indian physicist
- Birendra Narayan Chakraborty, Indian politician
- Bonnie Chakraborty, Bengali singer
- Byomkes Chakrabarti, Indian linguist
- Chiranjeet Chakraborty, Indian Bengali film actor
- Dhirendra Kishore Chakravarti, Indian geologist and palaeontologist
- Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti, Indian archaeologist
- Dipesh Chakrabarty, Indian historian
- Gaurav Chakrabarty, Indian actor
- Ghanaram Chakrabarty, Bengali poet
- Haranath Chakraborty, Indian Bengali film director
- J. D. Chakravarthy, Indian film actor and director in Telugu cinema and Bollywood
- Janardan Chakravarti, Indian professor of Bengali
- K. Chakravarthy, music director in the South Indian film industry
- Keshab Chakravarthy, Indian revolutionary
- Khelaram Chakrabarty, Bengali poet
- Kushal Chakraborty, Bengali actor and film director
- M. C. Chakrabarti, Indian statistician
- Mahaakshay Chakraborty, Indian actor
- Manoj Chakraborty, Indian politician
- Mithun Chakraborty, Indian actor, director and businessman
- Nachiketa Chakraborty, Indian Bengali singer-songwriter
- Nirendranath Chakravarty, Bengali poet
- Nripen Chakraborty, Indian politician
- Oliphant Chuckerbutty, English composer and organist of Anglo-Indian descent
- Panchanan Chakraborty, Indian revolutionary
- Pramod Chakravorty, Indian film director and producer
- Praveen Chakravarty, Indian businessman
- Pritam Chakraborty, Indian Bengali music director and composer
- Pritish Chakraborty Indian film actor, director, writer, producer, singer in Bollywood
- Rahi Chakraborty, Indian singer, songwriter, programmer and guitarist
- Raj Chakraborty, Indian Bengali film director
- Rajorshi Chakraborti, Indian writer in English
- Ranajit Chakraborty, Indian geneticist
- Rupram Chakrabarty, Bengali poet
- S. S. Chakravarthy, Indian Tamil film producer
- Sourodip Chakraborty - Seafood Quality Management
- Sabyasachi Chakrabarty,, Bengali Indian TV and film actor
- Saikat Chakrabarti, American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and political activist
- Samiran Chandra Chakrabarti Indian Indologist and scholar of onomastics & Vedic studies
- Samrat Chakrabarti, British-American actor and musician
- Sandip Chakrabarti, Indian astrophysicist
- Satya Saddhan Chakraborty], Higher Education Minister of the Government of West Bengal
- Sapan Chakraborty, Bengali Indian music composer
- Shibram Chakraborty, Bengali writer, humorist and revolutionary
- Shibu Chakravarthy, lyricist, screenplay and script writer who mainly works in Malayalam Cinema
- Shyam Sundar Chakravarthy, Bengali revolutionary, independence activist and journalist
- Snehasish Chakraborty, Indian footballer
- Soorjo Coomar Goodeve Chuckerbutty, one of the earliest Indians to practice modern medicine
- Sourav Chakraborty, Indian footballer
- Souvik Chakraborty, Indian footballer
- Subhas Chakraborty Indian politician, former minister of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Died in 2009. Member of Communist Party of India Marxist and also former transport minister of West Bengal
- Sugato Chakravarty Indian marketing academic
- Sujan Chakraborty, Indian politician
- Sujit Chakravarty, Indian football manager
- Suma Chakrabarti, British civil servant, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Sumon K Chakrabarti, Indian journalist
- Swadesh Chakraborty, Indian politician
- Swapan Kumar Chakravorty Director General of the National Library of India, Kolkata
- Trailokyanath Chakravarty, Indian revolutionary
- Tulsi Chakraborty, Indian comic actor
- Utpalendu Chakrabarty, Indian film director
- Vijay C Chakravarthy Indian cinematographer
- Vinayak Chakravorty Indian film critic and film journalist
- Vinu Chakravarthy Tamil actor, script writer and director
- Visvanatha Chakravarti Bengali guru
Female
- Anushka Chakraborty,Kush Queen from Kolkata
- Bijoya Chakravarty, Indian politician from Assam
- Dia Chakravarty, Bangladeshi-born British political activist and singer
- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian literary critic
- Ipsita Roy Chakraverti, Indian Wiccan priestess
- Kaushiki Chakrabarty, Indian classical vocalist
- Lolita Chakrabarti, British actor and writer
- Meghna Chakrabarti, American radio personality
- Reeta Chakrabarti, British television journalist
- Rhea Chakraborty, Indian video jockey
- Ritabhari Chakraborty, Indian Bengali film actor
- Rushmi Chakravarthi, Indian tennis player
- Shami Chakrabarti, British member of the House of Lords, barrister and civil liberties campaigner
- Sharmila Chakraborty, Indian cricketer
- Sumona Chakravarti, Bollywood actress and celebrity
- Uthpala Chakraborty, Indian cricketer.
- S. A. Chakraborty,, American fantasy novelist