Kumar ( pronunciation ; Sanskrit: कुमार) is a Hindu title, a given name, middle name, or a family name found in India, though not specific to any caste or community. It is a generic title which variously means son, boy, prince, chaste. It is the 8th most common family name in the world. It is more common in Northern India and the most common family name in Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana, Delhi, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry.
The origin of Kumar can be traced back to early development of Hinduism and its origin in India. 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. "Kumar" is used to refer Kartikeya.
Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, cricketer who played for England
Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, AKA K. S. Ranjitsinhji, Indian prince, maharaja and Test cricketer
Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team
Kumar Sanu, Indian Bollywood playback singer
Kumar Vishwas, Hindi poet and professor
Kumar Kcooli , Bihari Bhikari MutherChodh, Dhoni Ka Bhai
Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri, a leading physicist
General Arunkumar Vaidya, the former Chief of Indian Army
Devendra Kumar Joshi, the Indian Chief of Naval Staff
Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, a Bengali singer, composer and producer
Inder Kumar Gujral, an Indian politician who served as the 12th Prime Minister of India
Madhav Kumar Nepal, a Nepali politician
Prem Kumar Dhumal, chief minister of Indian state
Roop Kumar Rathod, an Indian playback singer and music director
Shiv Kumar Batalvi, a Punjabi language poet
Suniti Kumar Chatterji, an Indian linguist, educationist and litterateur
Aanchal Kumar, Indian model and actress
Ajith Kumar, an Indian film actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema
Akhil Kumar, an Indian boxer who has won several international and national boxing awards
Akshay Kumar, Indian film actor, producer and martial artist
Amit Kumar, Indian film playback singer, actor, and director
Amitava Kumar, Indian writer, journalist, professor
Anand Kumar, Indian mathematician
Anil Kumar, businessman, consultant
Ashok Kumar, AKA Dadamoni in Bengali, Indian film actor
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Indian pace bowler
Dilip Kumar, one of The Greatest Indian (Bollywood)film actor known as the 'Tragedy King' and a former Member of Parliament
G. V. Prakash Kumar, Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer
Gulshan Kumar, T-Series music label owner
Indra Kumar, an Indian film director and producer
Jitender Kumar (flyweight boxer), an Indian flyweight boxer
Kishor Kumar, Indian film playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter
Manoj Kumar (boxer), Indian boxer who won a gold medal in the light welterweight division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Manoj Kumar, an award-winning Indian actor and director in the Bollywood
Meira Kumar, an Indian politician and a five time Member of Parliament
Nirmalya Kumar, professor and businessman
Nish Kumar, British comedian
Nitish Kumar, Indian politician
Praveen Kumar, Indian medium-pace swing bowler
Raaj Kumar, Indian film actor
Ritu Kumar, Indian fashion designer
Sanjay Kumar, former CEO of Computer Associates
Shashi Kumar, or Shashikumar, Indian actor and politician
Srini Kumar, Indian Entrepreneur and publisher, founder of unamerican.com
Sushil Kumar, several people, including:
Sushil Kumar (scholar), Gandhian scholar
Sushil Kumar (wrestler), Indian World Champion wrestler
Tulsi Kumar, an Indian playback singer for Bollywood films
Uttam Kumar, The Greatest actor of Indian (Bengali) cinema and contemporary of Dilip Kumar, the Bollywood legend
Vijay Kumar (sport shooter), Indian champion shooter, Olympic 2012 silver medalist
Vinay Kumar, Indian cricket player
Vinay Kumar (pathologist), the Alice Hogge & Arthur Baer Professor of Pathology at the University of Chicago
