Pokhrel

Pokhrel

Pronunciation	/ˈpoʊkrɛl/
Language	Hindi, Nepali, Kumaoni, Sanskrit
Origin
Language	Khas
Word/name	India, Nepal
Meaning	Toponym of Pokhar village in Dailekh district
Other names
Variant forms	Pokhrel, Pokharel, Pokhariyal
See also	Poudel, Bhattarai, Adhikari, Subedi

Pokharel, also spelled Pokhrel, is a Brahmin surname found in South Asia, primarily among high-status Brahmin communities in India and Nepal. It is traditionally associated with elite priestly and scholarly lineages. The Dictionary of American Family Names (Oxford University Press, 2003) identifies the surname as toponymic in origin.

Notable people

• Ramesh Pokhriyal, Indian politician, former education minister of India
• Aananda Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Aastha Pokharel, Nepali model
• Bal Krishna Pokharel, Nepali writer and historian
• Bidhyanath Pokhrel, Nepali poet and politician
• Bina Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Cool Pokhrel, Nepali singer
• Dibesh Pokharel, Nepali singer, known by his stage name Arthur Gunn
• Giriraj Mani Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Ishwar Pokhrel, Nepali politician
• Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal, Indian police official and mountaineer
• Khadga Bahadur Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Krishna Bhakta Pokhrel, Nepali politician
• Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Laxmi Prasad Pokhrel, Nepali politician
• Mariska Pokharel, Nepali actress
• Menuka Kumari Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Narayan Pokharel, Nepali Hindu preacher
• Pushpa Raj Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Ram Chandra Pokhrel, Nepali politician
• Rishikesh Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Saigrace Pokharel, Nepali filmmaker
• Shankar Pokharel, Nepali politician
• Sugam Pokharel, Nepali singer
• Suman Pokhrel, Nepali poet and playwright
• Sunil Pokharel, Nepali theater director
• Trilochan Pokhrel, Indian independence activist

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