Nehru

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi नेहरू (nehrū).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈneɪru/, enPR: nāʹro͞oʹ
IPA^(key): /ˈnɛru/
Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Nehru (plural Nehrus)

A surname from Hindi.
1. Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India.

Derived terms

Nehruvian

Translations

surname Nehru

Amharic: ነህሩ (nähru)
Arabic: نَهْرُو (nahrū)
Armenian: Նեհրու (Nehru)
Bengali: নেহরু (nehoru)
Bulgarian: Неру m or f (Neru)
Burmese: နေရူး (neru:)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 尼赫魯／尼赫鲁 (zh) (Níhèlǔ)
Georgian: ნეჰრუ (nehru)
Greek: Νεχρού (el) (Nechroú)
Gujarati: નેહરુ (nehru)
Hebrew: נהרו
Hindi: नेहरू (nehrū)
Japanese: ネルー (Nerū)
Kannada: ನೆಹರು (neharu)
Korean: 네루 (neru)
Malayalam: നെഹ്‌റു (neh‌ṟu)
Marathi: नेहरू (nehrū)
Nepali: नेहरू (neharū)
Odia: ନେହେରୁ (neheru)
Punjabi: ਨਹਿਰੂ (nahirū)
Russian: Неру (Neru)
Sindhi: نهرو
Tamil: நேரு (nēru)
Telugu: నెహ్రూ (nehrū)
Thai: เนห์รู
Urdu: نہرو (Nehrū)

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Nehru is the 214590^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 92 individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nehru”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 656.

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