Sinha

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Sinha is a Sanskrit term originates from South Asia, common in India and Sri Lanka. It comes from the Sanskrit word "Siṃha" ('ng' sound), which means lion.

In Sri Lanka, the term 'Sinha' (or Siha / Sinhe / Singhe / Singha) have commonly been used by the Sinhalese (or Sinhala). When it comes to the term 'Sinhala' itself, the first part of the word, 'Sinha' stands for 'lion' while 'la' or 'le' stands for 'Blood', giving the meaning 'Lions blood'. The word Simhmam (or Singam / Singham / Singhai / Singai) is the Sri Lankan Tamil derivative.

The more common surnames, "Singh" in India and "Weerasingha", "Jayasinghe ", "Wijesinghe", "Edirisinghe", "Singaiariyan" etc. in Sri Lanka share this same root. As a surname, Sinha is mainly used by Kandyan, Kshatriya (Kurmi), Kayasthas and Rajputs as well as some Brahmins (Bhumihar) , in Orissa and South West Bengal (Northern Rurh region-Burdwan belt), Sinha is also a shortened version of the surname Singha-Maha-Patra, a Utkal Brahmin surname. In Gujarat, the Sinha surname is mostly used by Vaishnav Vaniyas, a trader class.

Sinha is also an unrelated name found in Brazil.

Notable people named Sinha

Kayastha

• Mala Sinha - Bollywood actress
• Ranasinghe Premadasa - President of Sri Lanka from January 2, 1989 to May 1, 1993.
• Shatrughan Sinha - Actor turned politician
• Ripu R Sinha- Academician and Visionary
• Sandali Sinha - Bollywood actress
• DeLon Jayasingha - Sinhalese Musician / Sri Lankan American based Rapper / Hip-hop Artist
• Sonakshi Sinha - Bollywood actress
• Sri Vikrama Rajasinha - Mahanuwara/Kandy, King of Sri Lanka
• Vikrama Rajasinha - Mahanuwara/Kandy, King of Sri Lanka
• Singai Pararasasegaram - Rajarata/Jaffna, King of Sri Lanka
• Yashwant Sinha - Politician, one-time Finance Minister of India
• Paul Sinha - British stand-up comedian
• Upendra K Sinha - Chairman Security Exchange Board Of India.
• Allison Sinha - Undergrad at Mcmaster University and Cheerleader

Notable destinations named after Sinha

• Sinhalaya - Name of the Kingdom of Sri Lanka before the invasion period in 1505 and after the independence from 1948 to 1950's.
• Sigiriya - Short name derives from 'Sinha Giriya' giving the meaning "Lions' throat". ((Citation))
• Singapore - Singapore's name comes from 'Singa Pura' / 'Sinha Pure' which means Lion City in Sanskrit before 1819.

Bhumihar(Sinha)

• Sri Krishna Sinha
• Ram Dulari Sinha
• Indradeep Sinha
• Ganga Sharan Sinha

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