Gayen

Gayen, sometimes anglicised as Gain, is a Bengali surname found in the Indian subcontinent, mainly in West Bengal and Bangladesh. In Bengali, the title Gayen (গায়েন) referred to anyone involved in the medieval bardic tradition, i.e. composition of poetry and music.

Notable people

 * Anil Kumar Gain (1919–1978), Cambridge mathematician and founder of Vidyasagar University
 * Swapan K. Gayen, Bengali-American physicist, researcher at City University of New York
 * Kaberi Gain (born 1970), author and social activist, researcher at University of Edinburgh
 * Chhanda Gayen (1979–2014), first Bengali woman to climb Mount Everest
 * Prasun Gain (born 1977), Indian actor
 * Margaret Gayen (born 1994), Indian-Australian long jumper

In popular culture

 * Goopy Gayen Bagha Bayen, a classic Bengali film by Satyajit Ray