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Kulkarni Name Meaning

Indian (Maharashtra Karnataka): Brahmin name from Marathi kuḷkərṇi ‘village clerk’ (from Sanskrit kula ‘family community’ + karaṇa ‘writer’ or karṇī ‘helmsman’). The kulkarni was a village official under the patel (village headman); he kept the accounts of the cultivators for the government and also for public records. The office of kulkarni was hereditary.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Nadkarni, Kari, Kulka, Kalmar, Kula, Huotari, Kulinski, Pullara

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