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Gowda (ಗೌಡರು)

Gowda (kannada:ಗೌಡ) (also known as Gauda or Gouda) is a surname native to the Karnataka state of India. It is mainly found among the Vokkaligas and village head of Lingayat in south Karnataka.[1][2].Kempe Gowda I, founder of Bangalore is one of the historical figures of Gowdas(Vokkaligas). After H. D. Deve Gowda became prime minister of India, Gowda surname became very popular among vokkaliga community.

Gowda was originally an honorific used by the administrative head of a village. Typically, such a head owns land and holds political and social power in the village.[3]

Etymology

According to a popular theory, the word Gowda derives from go, the Sanskrit word for cow. However, German Indologist Gustav Oppert derived it from a Dravidian word meaning "mountain".[4]

Notable people

Kempegowda I, founder of the Bengaluru city Notable people with the surname Gowda or its variants include:

Akshara Gowda (born 1991), Indian actress Bhavya Gowda (born 1983), Indian model D. B. Chandre Gowda (born 1936), Indian politician from Karnataka D. V. Sadananda Gowda (born 1953), Indian politician from Karnataka Jaggesh (born 1963 as Eshwar Gowda), Indian Kannada actor Girisha Nagarajegowda (born 1988), Indian Paralympic athlete H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933), Indian politician from Karnataka H. D. Kumaraswamy (born 1959 as Haradanahalli Devegowda Kumaraswamy Gowda), Indian politician from Karnataka Ambareesh (born 1952 as Huche Gowda Amarnath) Indian politician and actor H. L. Nage Gowda (1915–2005), Indian Kannada folklorist and author Javare Gowda (1915–2016), Indian Kannada author K. C. N. Gowda (c. 1928–2012), Indian Kannada film producer and film distributor K. Chidananda Gowda, Indian computer scientist Kavya Shivashankar Gowda, American spell bee champion Kempe Gowda I (1510–1569), feudatory ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire, now Karnataka, India Krishna Byre Gowda (born 1973), Indian politician from Karnataka M. H. Marigowda, Indian horticulturist Narayana Gowda, Indian politician from Karnataka Nikhil Gowda (born 1990), Indian Kannada and Telugu actor Rajeev Gowda, Indian politician and academic from Karnataka Ramachandra Gowda, Indian politician from Karnataka Ravishankar Gowda, Indian actor Shantaveri Gopala Gowda (1923–1972), Indian politician from Karnataka Sheela Gowda (born 1957), Indian artist from Karnataka Shilpi Somaya Gowda (born 1970), Canadian novelist Tejashwini Gowda (born 1966), Indian politician from Karnataka Tulsi Gowda, Indian environmentalists Vanya Shivashankar Gowda, American spell bee champion Venkate Gopala Gowda (born 1951), Indian Supreme court judge Vikas Gowda (born 1983), Indian athlete Yash (actor) (born Naveen Kumar Gowda), Indian Kannada actor N. H. Gouda (1938–1992), Indian politician from Karnataka