Prajapati

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रजापति (prajā́pati, “lord of creation”).

Proper noun

Prajapati (countable and uncountable, plural Prajapatis)

1. (Hinduism, Vedic religion) A deity, later identified with Brahma.
2. A surname.

Translations

Hindu deity

• Bengali: প্রজাপতি (bn) (projapoti)
• Bhojpuri: प्रजापति (prajāpᵊti)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生主 (shēngzhǔ)

• Gujarati: પ્રજાપતિ m (prajāpti)
• Hindi: प्रजापति (hi) m (prajāpti)
• Kannada: ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿ (kn) (prajāpati)
• Malayalam: പ്രജാപതി (ml) (prajāpati)
• Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਜਾਪਤੀ (prjāpatī)
• Sanskrit: प्रजापति (sa) m (prajā́pati)
• Tamil: பிரஜாபதி (ta) (pirajāpati)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Prajapati is the 24352^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1029 individuals. Prajapati is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (96.99%) individuals.