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.
- Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India.
Derived terms
Translations
surname Nehru
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Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Nehru is the 214590th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 656.