Gowda (surname)
Gowda is a surname title native to the Karnataka state of India. It is meant for a person who is a farmer by profession and owns land in the village.[1][2][3]
Etymology
According to a popular theory, the word Gowda derives from go, the Sanskrit word for cow. However, German Indologist Gustav Oppert derived it from a word meaning "mountain".[4]
Notable people
Kempegowda I, founder of the Bengaluru city
Notable people with the surname Gowda:
- Akshara Gowda (born 1991), Indian actress
- B. Saroja Devi (born 7 January 1938) is an Indian actress who has acted in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies
- Bhavya Gowda (born 1983), Indian model
- D. B. Chandre Gowda (born 1936), Indian politician from Karnataka
- D. V. Sadananda Gowda (born 1953), Indian politician from Karnataka
- Ere Gowda, Indian Kannada film director
- Jaggesh (born 1963 as Eshwar Gowda), Indian Kannada actor
- Girisha Nagarajegowda (born 1988), Indian Paralympic athlete
- H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933), Indian politician from Karnataka
- H. D. Kumaraswamy (born 1959 as Haradanahalli Devegowda Kumaraswamy Gowda), Indian politician from Karnataka
- Ambareesh (born 1952 as Huche Gowda Amarnath) Indian politician and actor
- H. L. Nage Gowda (1915–2005), Indian Kannada folklorist and author
- Javare Gowda (1915–2016), Indian Kannada author
- K. C. N. Gowda (c. 1928–2012), Indian Kannada film producer and film distributor
- K. Chidananda Gowda, Indian computer scientist
- Kempe Gowda I (1510–1569), Founder of Bengaluru & feudatory ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire, now Karnataka, India
- Krishna Byre Gowda (born 1973), Indian politician from Karnataka
- M. H. Marigowda, Indian horticulturist
- Narayana Gowda, Indian politician from Karnataka
- Pallavi Gowda (born 1993), Indian actress
- Rajeev Gowda, Indian politician and academic from Karnataka
- Ramachandra Gowda, Indian politician from Karnataka
- Ravishankar Gowda, Indian actor
- Shantaveri Gopala Gowda (1923–1972), Indian politician from Karnataka
- Sheela Gowda (born 1957), Indian artist from Karnataka
- Shilpi Somaya Gowda (born 1970), Canadian novelist
- Tejashwini Gowda (born 1966), Indian politician from Karnataka
- Tulsi Gowda, Indian environmentalist
- Venkate Gopala Gowda (born 1951), Indian Supreme court judge
- Vikas Gowda (born 1983), Indian athlete
- Yash (born Naveen Kumar Gowda), Indian Kannada actor
- N. H. Gouda (1938–1992), Indian politician from Karnataka
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See also
- Gouda (disambiguation)
References
- K. T. Margaret, ed. (1999). The Open Classroom: A Journey Through Education. Orient Blackswan. p. 131. ISBN 978-81-250-1669-4.
- Dr. Ambalike Hiriyanna (1999). Malenadina Vaishnava Okkaligara Samskruti. Kannada Pustaka Pradhikara, Government of Karnataka.
- Dr. Suryanath. V. Kamath (1988). Karnataka State Gazetteer. Government Press, Bangalore
- Kumar Suresh Singh; Anthropological Survey of India (2002). People of India. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 408. ISBN 978-81-85938-99-8.
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