Khanna (name) explained
Khanna is a name.
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Khanna is a Punjabi Hindu and Sikh surname and a Khatri clan.[1] [2] Khannas belong to the Khatri caste and are part of the Dhai Ghar sub-group of Khatri Hindus.[3] According to tradition, Khannas are descendants of a common ancestor named Khan Chand.
Notable people with the surname, who may or may not be affiliated to the clan, include:
- Akshaye Khanna, Indian actor
- Akshay Khanna (British actor)
- Amit Khanna, Indian film producer, director, writer, and journalist
- Amit Khanna (photographer), Indian film director, writer, actor, and fashion photographer
- Anamika Khanna, Indian fashion designer
- Anilkumar Khanna, Indian cricketer
- Arpan Khanna, Canadian politician
- Arvind Khanna, Indian politician, businessman, investor and philanthropist
- Ashok Khanna, Indian cricketer
- Avinash Rai Khanna, Indian politician
- Ayesha Khanna, Indian actress
- Balraj Khanna, Indian author and artist
- Bishamber Khanna, Indian painter and enamellist
- Chahat Khanna, Indian actress
- Derek Khanna, American conservative political commentator and columnist
- Dinesh Khanna, Indian badminton player
- Faqir Chand Khanna, Indian nuclear physicist
- Gaurav Khanna, Indian actor
- Gaurav Khanna (badminton), Indian para-badminton team's head coach
- Gaurav Khanna, Indian-American black hole physicist
- Gopal Khanna, Minnesota's first chief information officer (CIO)
- Hans Raj Khanna, Judge in Supreme Court of India
- Harbans Lal Khanna (?–1984), Indian politician
- Harish Khanna (politician), Indian politician
- Keeya Khanna, Indian actress
- Krishen Khanna, Indian artist
- Kum Kum Khanna, Indian molecular biologist and professor
- Mehr Chand Khanna, Indian politician
- Manish Khanna, Indian actor
- Meera Khanna, Indian writer and activist
- Monica Khanna, Indian actress
- Mukesh Khanna, Indian actor who played the role of Shaktimaan
- Namit Khanna, Indian television actor
- Navin Khanna, Indian researcher and scientist
- Nitin Khanna, Indian-born American entrepreneur
- Padma Khanna (born 1949), Indian actress
- Parag Khanna, Indian American strategy advisor and author
- Paul Khanna, British actor
- Pooja Khanna, Indian Paralympic Archery player
- Pramod Khanna, Indian actor and producer
- Prem Krishna Khanna, Indian freedom fighter
- Raashi Khanna, Indian actress
- Rachel Khanna, American politician
- Radhika Khanna, Indian fashion designer
- Ragini Khanna, Indian actress
- Rahul Khanna, Indian actor
- Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor
- Rajinder Khanna, current additional National Security Advisor of India
- Rajnish Khanna, Indian-American photobiologist and research scientist
- Rakesh Khanna, Indian businessman
- Ramesh Khanna, Indian acter and director
- Ranjana Khanna, literary critic and theorist
- Ravi Khanna, Indian actor, journalist and writer
- Renu Khanna Chopra, Indian scientist
- Rini Simon Khanna, Indian news anchor
- Rinke Khanna, Indian actress
- Ro Khanna (born 1976), American politician
- Roma Khanna, television and digital media executive
- Sanjeev Khanna, Indian-American computer scientist
- Sanjiv Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India and the 51st Chief Justice of India
- Satish Khanna, Indian cricketer
- Shalini Khanna, Indian actress
- Shipra Khanna, Indian chef
- Smriti Khanna, Indian actress and model
- Sucheta Khanna, Indian actress
- Suresh Kumar Khanna, Indian politician
- Surinder Khanna, Indian cricketer
- Tarun Khanna (born 1968), Indian-born American academic and author
- Tarun Khanna (actor), Indian actor
- Tanvi Khanna, Indian squash player
- Tejendra Khanna, former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
- Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress
- Usha Khanna, Indian music director in Hindi cinema
- Vikas Khanna, Indian celebrity chef
- Vikramaditya Khanna, Indo-American lawyer and a law professor
- Vinod Khanna, Indian actor
- Vipin Khanna, Indian businessman, financier and Indian Army officer
Notes and References
- Book: Hanks, Patrick . Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set . 2003-05-08 . 299 . Oxford University Press, USA . 978-0-19-508137-4 . en.
- Book: Koul, Ram Krishan . Sociology of Names and Nicknames of India: With Special Reference to Kashmir . 1982 . Utpal Publications . 62 . en . Khatri surnames like Bhatia, Bhandari, Chopra, Chowdhri, Dhawan, Kakar, Kapoor, Khanna, Kochhar, Mahendru, Sami, Sahni, Sethi, Tandan, Uppal, Vohra etc., are commonly used among Hindus of Punjab..
- Book: W.H. McLeod. Louis E. Fenech. Historical dictionary of Sikhism. 2014. Rowman & Littlefield. 9781442236011. 182. Third.
