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Cherian

释义

Origins
Notable Cherians
Fictional characters
References

Cherian is a Syrian Christian surname of West Asian (Hebrew-Aramaic) origin, presumed to be a derivative of Zecharya (Zacharias or Zechariah) and a variant of Zacharias popular among the christian community of Kerala, southern India.

The final -n is the Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix.

In India it is mostly found only as a given name although this trend is changing in the present generations, but in the United States and United Kingdom, Europe and Australia, it is also used as a family name among expatriate families from Kerala.

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Origins

The generally accepted explanation is that this name is of Semitic (Hebrew-Aramaic) origin, presumed to be a derivative of Zecharya (Zacharias or Zechariah) and a variant of Zacharias.

This is supported by the fact that Kerala was one of the chief centers for ancient spice trading between the West and East and there was a historic Nasrani community with religious, linguistic, cultural and genetic connections to the Levant and Middle East.

The final -n is the typical Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix.

There is an alternative hypothesis suggesting an Armenian origin for the name. This relies on the empirical observation that names ending with ian is highly probable to be an Armenian name. The original candidate Armenian name is Khatcherian which means “follower or son of the Cross”. This theory also takes support from the fact that there have been significant presence of Armenians in India, especially Chennai and Kolkata, who migrated to India to escape persecution from Turkey.^[3]

Notable Cherians

K. M. Cherian (doctor), an Indian heart surgeon who performed India's first coronary artery bypass surgery
Jayan K. Cherian, an Indian poet filmmaker living in USA
P. V. Cherian (1893 - 1969), an Indian physician, surgeon, politician and Governor (of Maharashtra)
Accamma Cherian (1909-1982), Indian freedom-fighter
Tara Cherian (1913 - 2000), an Indian social activist and politician, the first woman mayor of Madras city
Cherian Philip (born 1953), a politician in Kerala, consultant for Kairali TV and former chairman of KTDC
Cherian K. Cherian (born 1932), a Malayalam–language poet from Kerala
Joy Cherian (born 1942), the first Asian American and first Indian American Commissioner at the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
K. M. Cherian (journalist) (1897 - 1973), media personality and chief editor of Malayala Manorama daily
Jacob Cherian (1923–2007), a.k.a. Ayya, an Indian surgeon, educationist and social worker

Fictional characters

Neha Cherian, a character in the novel Five Point Someone, written by Chetan Bhagat

References

1. ^Names, Middle Names and Last Names among Syrian Christians, Nasrani.net{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2. ^Surname Origin - Cherian - Genealogy, FamilyEducation.com
3. ^Kerala Christian Names Origin and English Equivalents

2 : Surnames of Indian origin|Indian family names

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