Kapoor
| Kapoor | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Meaning | "Descendants of Moon (Chand)"[1] |
| Region of origin | India |
| Language(s) of origin | Sanskrit |
| Related names | Kapur |
Kapoor or Kapur is a Gotra of the Khatri community of India, it is also used as surname by people belonging to the gotra. Kapoors are Hindus in terms of religion and tradition.[2] Notable people bearing this name include:
Entertainment
- Abhishek Kapoor, Indian film actor, writer and director
- Aditya Raj Kapoor, Indian film actor and filmmaker from the Kapoor family
- Aditya Roy Kapur, Bollywood actor
- Akshay Kapoor, Indian actor
- Amit Kapoor, Bollywood film producer
- Anil Kapoor, Bollywood actor, film producer, son of Surinder Kapoor
- Anupriya Kapoor, Indian television actress
- Ashish Kapoor, Indian television actor
- Anu Kapoor, Bollywood actor
- Arjun Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Boney Kapoor and Mona Shourie Kapoor
- Babita Khanna Kapoor, former Bollywood actress, wife of Randhir Kapoor
- Bharat Kapoor, director, writer, producer
- Boney Kapoor film director and producer, son of Surinder Kapoor
- Ekta Kapoor producer for television and movies (Bollywood)
- Gautami Kapoor, Indian television actress and model
- Goga Kapoor, Indian film actor
- Jayasudha Kapoor, South Indian film actress, wife of Nitin Kapoor
- Jeetendra Kapoor, Bollywood actor
- Kamal Kapoor, Bollywood actor
- Karan Kapoor, Indian film actor and model, son of Shashi Kapoor
- Kareena Kapoor Khan, Bollywood actress
- Karisma Kapoor, Bollywood actress
- Kishore Namit Kapoor, Indian actor and film-acting trainer
- Kunal Kapoor (actor), Bollywood Actor, son of Shashi Kapoor
- Kunal Kapoor, Bollywood Actor
- Kunal Karan Kapoor, Indian television actor
- Kunaal Roy Kapur, Bollywood actor
- Mahendra Kapoor, Indian playback singer
- Mallika Kapoor, South Indian film actress
- Namitha Kapoor, South Indian movie actress
- Nitin Kapoor, Bollywood producer
- Pankaj Kapur, Bollywood actor, film-maker
- Pinchoo Kapoor, Indian actor
- Prithviraj Kapoor, Indian theatre and Hindi film industry entrepreneur, patriarch of the Kapoor family of entertainers.[3]
- Raj Kapoor, Bollywood actor, producer and director, son of Prithviraj Kapoor
- Rajiv Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Raj Kapoor
- Ram Kapoor, TV actor
- Ranbir Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Rishi Kapoor
- Randhir Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Raj Kapoor
- Ravi Kapoor, British actor
- Rhea Kapoor, Bollywood film producer, dauther of Anil Kapoor
- Rishi Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Raj Kapoor
- Sanjana Kapoor, Bollywood actress, theatre-person, owner of Prithvi Theatre
- Sanjay Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Surinder Kapoor
- Sanjeev Kapoor, gourmet chef
- Shahid Kapoor, Bollywood actor, son of Pankaj Kapur
- Shakti Kapoor, Bollywood actor
- Shammi Kapoor, Bollywood actor
- Sharad Kapoor, Indian actor, who works in Hindi movies and television
- Shraddha Kapoor, Bollywood actress and daughter of Shakti Kapoor
- Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor
- Shekhar Kapur, Indian film-maker
- Shivani Kapoor, British model
- Shobha Kapoor, Indian television and film producer
- Shobu Kapoor, British actress of Indian descent
- Siddhanth Kapoor, Indian actor and assistant director, son of Shakti Kapoor
- Sonam Kapoor, Bollywood actress
- Sonia Kapoor, Indian television actress
- Siddharth Roy Kapur, Bollywood actor and producer
- Steven Kapur, also known as "Apache Indian", a pop singer
- Subhash Kapoor, Indian film director, producer and screenwriter
- Supriya Pathak Kapoor, Bollywood actress, wife of Pankaj Kapur
- Surinder Kapoor, Bollywood film producer
- Trilok Kapoor, Indian film actor, brother of Prithviraj Kapoor
- Tusshar Kapoor, Bollywood actor
- Vaani Kapoor, Indian actress and model
Others
- Anish Kapoor, sculptor
- Aashish Kapoor, Indian cricketer
- General Deepak Kapoor, chief of Army staff, Indian Army
- Kanika Kapoor, Singer
- Neha Kapur, Beauty queen
- Rajat Kapoor, Entrepreneur
References
- ↑ Indian Surnames Origin Meaning
- ↑ "Kapoor Name Meaning & Kapoor Family History at Ancestry.co.uk". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
- ↑ Raj Kapoor, Charitavali series, Author, Lata Khubchandani, Publisher Rupa, 2003, ISBN 8171678165, 9788171678167
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