Kumar

This is an accepted version of this page Kumar (pronunciationⓘ; Sanskrit: कुमार kumārá) is a title, given name, middle name, or a family name found in the Indian subcontinent, mainly in, but not limited to, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, though not specific to any religion, ethnicity, or caste.

It is a generic title which variously means prince, son, boy, or chaste.

The first usage of Kumar was for the Four Kumāras, the four sons of Brahma from the Puranic texts of Hinduism named Sanaka, Sanatana, Sanandana, and Sanat.

In Skanda Purana, the largest Mahapurana, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts, the text is devoted mainly to the leelas of Kartikeya, son of Shiva and Parvati.

The frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states and union territories:[2]

A coin, around 200 BCE , of the Yaudheyas with depiction of Kumāra Karttikeya