Chatterjee

Chatterjee or Chattopadhyay is a Bengali family name, used primarily by Pancha-Gauda Brahmins in India, and associated with the Bengali Brahmin caste. Chatterjee is an Anglicized variant of the Sanskritized Chattopadhyay. Chattopadhyay (compound of village name 'Chaṭṭa' and 'upādhyāya' denoting 'priest, teacher' originally granted with the village named Chaṭṭa) is the Sanskritized form of the local Prakrit word 'chaturjye', anglicized to Chatterjee. English language spellings include Chatterjee, Chatterjea, Chatarji, Chatterji, Chaterjee, Chattopadhyay, and Chattopadhyaya., and potentially Chattoraj and Chattoraghab. Chatterjee or Chattopadhyay is a Bengali family name, used primarily by Pancha-Gauda Brahmins in India, and associated with the Bengali Brahmin caste. Chatterjee is an Anglicized variant of the Sanskritized Chattopadhyay. Chattopadhyay (compound of village name 'Chaṭṭa' and 'upādhyāya' denoting 'priest, teacher' originally granted with the village named Chaṭṭa) is the Sanskritized form of the local Prakrit word 'chaturjye', anglicized to Chatterjee. English language spellings include Chatterjee, Chatterjea, Chatarji, Chatterji, Chaterjee, Chattopadhyay, and Chattopadhyaya., and potentially Chattoraj and Chattoraghab. Chatterjees are from the Kashyapa Gotra, indicating their presumed descent from the ancient sage.