Sharma

For the modern village in Yemen, see Sharmah. For the medieval harbour, see Sharma (medieval).

Sharma‌ is a Hindu Brahmin surname. ‌The Sanskrit stem‌ ṣárman- (nom. sarma) ‌can ‌mean '‌joyfulness', 'comfort‌', 'happiness'.^[1][2] Sarma and Sarmah are alternative English spellings of the name, commonly used by Assamese Brahmins.^[3]

Origin

According to the Bhavishya Purana, ‌Sharma is the‌ first ‌Brahmin surname‌, which Parashurama, the sixth avatar of Vishnu, is ‌said to have given ‌to King Jaisen.^[4]

Etymology‌

‌The Sanskrit‌ word "Sharma‌" is derived‌ from ‌the term "ṣárman‌," which ‌carries meanings of 'joy,' 'comfort,' and 'happiness.'^{[citation needed]}‌

People

Notable people with the surname Sharma, Sarma or Sarmah who may or may not belong to Brahmin caste are as follows:

A

• Abhiram Sharma, Nepalese politician
• Abhishek Sharma (disambiguation), several people
• Adah Sharma, Indian actress
• Aditi Sharma (actress, born 1983), Indian film and TV actress
• Aditi Sharma (actress, born 1996), Indian TV actress
• Aditi Sharma (cricketer), Indian cricketer
• Agni Sharma (Valmiki), Indian author
• Aham Sharma, Indian film and TV actor
• Ajay Sharma (1988–1993), Indian cricketer
• Akash Sharma, Indian cricketer
• Akki Sharma, Nepalese visual effect artist
• Alok Sharma, British politician
• Alok Sharma (cricketer), Indian cricketer
• Amit Prakash Sharma, Indian parasitologist
• Amit Sharma (cricketer), Indian cricketer
• Anand Sharma, Indian politician
• Anant Sharma (1919–1988), Indian railway union leader and politician
• Anil Sharma, several people
• Anjali Sharma (climate activist), Australian environmentalist
• Anjani Kumar Sharma, Nepalese surgeon
• Ankit Sharma (athlete), Indian athlete
• Ankit Sharma (cricketer), Indian cricketer
• Ankit Sharma (footballer), Indian footballer
• Ankitta Sharma, Indian actress
• Anna Sharma, (born 1995) Nepalese actress
• Anthony Francis Sharma, Nepalese Jesuit
• Anup Raj Sharma, Chief Justice of Nepal
• Anu Sharma, American audiologist and academic
• Anuj Sharma (singer), Indian playback singer
• Anuj Sharma (actor) (born 1976), Indian politician and actor
• Anuj Sharma (police officer) (born 1968), Indian policeman
• Anushka Sharma (born 1988), Indian film actress and producer
• Archana Sharma (botanist) (1932–2008), Indian cytogeneticist and cytotoxicologist
• Aribam Syam Sharma, Indian film director and composer
• Arun Kumar Sarmah, Indian politician
• Arun Kumar Sharma, Indian biologist
• Arjun Sharma, Indian cricketer
• Arvind Sharma (born 1940), Indian academic
• Ashish Sharma, Indian actor
• Astra Sharma, Australian tennis player
• Avinash Sharma (born 1981), New Zealand cricketer

B

• B. D. Sharma (1918–1993), Indian politician from Odisha and Madhya Pradesh
• B. N. Sarma (1867–1932), Indian lawyer, politician and freedom fighter
• Babita Sharma, British television newsreader
• Basanti Sarma, Indian politician
• Benudhar Sharma, Indian historian
• Bhagwatikumar Sharma (1934–2018), Indian author and journalist
• Bhakti Sharma, Indian swimmer
• Brajanath Sarma, Assamese playwright and actor
• Bipul Sharma, Indian cricketer

C

• Charu Sharma, Indian cricket commentator
• Charu Sharma (athlete) (born 1992), Indian athlete and performer
• Chetan Sharma, Indian cricketer, politician, nephew of Yashpal
• Chris Sharma, American rock climber
• Cindy Devika Sharma, Trinidad and Tobago politician

D

• Deepak Sharma (disambiguation), several people
• Deepti Sharma (born 1997), Indian cricketer
• Deen Bandhu Sharma, Indian writer from Jammu and Kashmir
• Dheeraj Sharma (filmmaker), Indian film director and social worker
• Dheeraj Sharma (professor), Indian professor of management
• Dina Nath Sharma, Nepalese politician
• Dinesh Sharma (actor), Nepalese actor
• Dinesh Sharma (politician), Indian politician from Lucknow
• Dinesh Sharma (academic), Indian social scientist, psychologist, academic and author
• Dineshwar Sharma (1954–2020), Indian police officer
• Dipannita Sharma (born 1979), Indian model and actress
• Divyendu Sharma (born 1983), known as Divyenndu, Indian actor
• Dwijen Sharma, Bangladeshi naturalist and science writer

E

• Evelyn Sharma (born 1986), German actress

G

• Geetanjali Sharma (born 1984), Indian classical dancer
• Gaurav Sharma (author) (born 1992), Indo-Canadian author
• Gaurav Sharma (engineer), American engineer
• Gaurav Sharma (politician), (born 1987), New Zealand doctor and politician
• Gaurav Sharma (singer) (born 1992), Indian singer and composer
• Girish Sharma, Indian comedian
• G. R. Sharma (1919–1986), Indian historian
• Gokul Sharma (born 1985), Indian cricketer
• Gopal Sharma (1985–1990), Indian cricketer
• Gyanesh Sharma (born 1963), Indian politician

H

• Hariharan Raja Sharma, Indian politician
• Himanshu Sharma, Indian screenwriter
• Himanta Biswa Sarma, Indian politician from Assam

I

• Ishant Sharma (born 1988), Indian cricketer
• Ishani Sharma, Indian actress

J

• Janamanchi Seshadri Sarma, Indian Telugu poet
• Jagdish Sharma, Indian politician
• Janardhan Sharma, Nepalese politician
• Jaswant Rai Sharma, known as Naqsh Lyallpuri, Indian lyricist
• Jaya Sharma, Indian cricketer
• Jhabarmal Sharma, Indian journalist and historian of Rajasthan
• Jitesh Sharma (born 1993), Indian cricketer
• Joginder Sharma, Indian cricketer
• Jyotirmaya Sharma, Indian political scientist

K

• K. V. Sarma, Indian science historian
• Kamalesh Sharma, Indian diplomat and Secretary-General of the Commonwealth
• Kapil Sharma (comedian) (born 1981), Indian comedian, actor, TV host and producer
• Karan Sharma (disambiguation), several people
• Karanvir Sharma, Indian actor
• Karn Sharma, Indian cricketer
• Karthik Sarma (born 1974/1975), Indian-American billionaire hedge fund manager
• Kavana Sarma, Indian engineer
• Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal
• Kidar Sharma (1910–1999), Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and lyricist
• Kim Sharma, Indian actress and model
• Konkona Sen Sharma (born 1979), Indian actress
• Kriti Sharma, Indian artificial intelligence technologist
• Kuldeep Sharma, Indian politician from Haryana
• Kum Uma Sharma (born 1942), Indian kathak dancer, choreographer, and teacher

L

• Lalit Mohan Sharma (1928–2008), Chief Justice of India
• Laxmi Sharma, Nepali entrepreneur

M

• Mahesh Sharma (born 1959), Indian politician
• Mahika Sharma (born 1994), Indian actress and model
• Mamta Sharma, Indian singer, Munni Badnaam Hui
• Malvika Sharma (born 1999), Indian actress and model
• Manish Sharma (disambiguation), several people
• Manju Sharma (biologist) (born 1940), Indian biologist from Gandhinagar
• Manu Sharma (born 1977), Indian convicted for the 1999 murder of Jessica Lal
• Mithila Sharma, Nepalese actress
• Mohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
• Mohit Sharma, Indian military officer
• Mukesh Sharma, Indian auditor
• Murari Raj Sharma, Nepalese diplomat
• Murli Sharma, Indian actor

N

• Neha Sharma (born 1987), Indian actress and model
• Nia Sharma (born 1990), Indian actress
• Nikita Sharma, Indian actress
• Nilamber Dev Sharma, Indian scholar and writer of Dogri and English literature
• Nisha Sharma, Nepalese actor
• Nisha Sharma, Indian field hockey player
• Nisha Sharma, American romance novelist
• Nupur Sharma, Indian politician

P

• Pankaj Sharma, British neurologist
• Paras Sharma, Indian cricketer
• Paridhi Sharma, Indian actress
• Parvez Sharma, Indian writer and filmmaker
• Phaldut Sharma, British actor and dancer
• Phani Sarma, Assamese playwright and actor
• Pooja Sharma (disambiguation)

R

• R. S. Sharma (disambiguation), multiple people
• Rabindra Nath Sharma, Nepalese politician
• Rahul Sharma (disambiguation), several people
• Rajan Sarma, Tamil-language actor
• Rajat Sharma (born 1957), Indian Hindi TV news channel editor
• Rajendra Prasad Sharma (born 1960), IPS, DGP officer, Orissa Police
• Rajesh Kumar Sharma (born 1978), Bihar Politician, Health Minister
• Rajesh Sharma (disambiguation), several people
• Rajiv Sharma, New Zealand cricketer
• Rakesh Sharma (born 1949), Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11
• Ram Avatar Sharma, Indian Sanskrit scholar
• Ram Karan Sharma, Indian Sanskrit poet
• Ram Sharan Sharma, Indian historian
• Ram Vilas Sharma (1912–2000), Indian literary critic, linguist, and poet
• Reecha Sharma, Nepalese actress
• Rhea Sharma, Indian Television actress
• Ria Sharma (born 1980), Indian entrepreneur in British Columbia.
• Richa Sharma (disambiguation), several people
• Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, Indian lawyer, entrepreneur and social activist.
• Robin Sharma (born 1965), Canadian writer, leadership speaker
• Rohit Sharma (born 1987), Indian cricketer
• Roopam Sharma (born 1995), Indian Scientist and Inventor

S

• S. Sharma, communist leader
• Sagar Sharma, Indian cricketer
• Sahil Sharma, Indian cricketer
• Sameer Sharma, Indian television actor
• Sankar Das Sarma, American scientist
• Sandeep Sharma (born 1993), Indian cricketer, playing domestic cricket for Punjab
• Sanjay Sarma, Indian professor of mechanical engineering and the Vice-President for Open Learning at MIT
• Sanjay Sharma, (born 1967) Canadian ophthalmologist
• Sanjay Sharma (born 1969) Indian politician as of 2024, a Minister of State in the Government of Rajasthan
• Sanjay Sharma (born 1969) Indian serial killer who murdered 2 of his wives and a child
• Sanjeev Sharma (1988–1990), Indian cricketer
• Sanu Sharma, Australian writer of Nepalese nationality
• Satish Kumar Sharma, Indian National Congress party politician, MP representing Madhya Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha
• Satish Sharma (1947–2021), Indian National Congress party politician, and member of the Union Cabinet
• Satnarine Sharma, former Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago
• Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999), ninth President of India
• Shefali Sharma, Indian TV actress
• Shivkumar Sharma (born 1939), Indian Santoor player
• Shreya Sharma, Indian child film actress
• Shrikant Sharma, politician from Mathura
• Sree Harilal Sarma, Indian Navy Admiral
• Shubhlakshmi Sharma, Indian cricketer
• Shyam Sunder Sharma, 7-times MLA from Mant
• Subbaraya Sharma, Indian Telugu theatre, television and movie artist
• Sudheer Sharma, Nepalese journalist
• Sunil Kumar Sharma (disambiguation), multiple people
• Suresh Raj Sharma, Nepalese academic
• Surendra Nath Sharma (1910–1987), known as Surendra, Indian singer-actor of Hindi films

T

• Tara Sharma, Hindi-language film actress
• Tara Nath Sharma, Nepalese writer
• Tarali Sarma, Indian singer
• Tanya Sharma, Indian TV actress
• Tilak Ram Sharma (born 1968), Nepali politician
• Tunisha Sharma, Indian TV actress

U

• Umang Sharma (born 1989), Indian cricketer playing for Uttar Pradesh
• Umesh Sharma, Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
• Urvashi Sharma, Indian actress
• Upendranath Sharma (1910–1996), pen name Upendranath Ashk, Indian poet
• Utkarsh Sharma, Indian actor

V

• Venod Sharma (born 1948), Indian politician, founder of the Haryana Jan Chetna Party (V)
• Vinod Prakash Sharma (1938–2015), Indian malariologist
• Vineet Kumar Sharma, Indian field hockey player
• Virendra Sharma, British Politician
• Vishal Sharma (disambiguation), several people
• Vishnu Sharma, author of Panchtantra
• Vishwa Nath Sharma (born 1930), Indian Chief of the Army Staff
• Vivek Sharma, born 1969, Indian filmmaker
• Vivekanand Sharma (1938–2006), Fiji Indian politician and religious worker

Y

• Yashpal Sharma (actor) (born 1967), Indian actor
• Yashpal Sharma (cricketer) (1954–2021), Indian cricketer
• Yuyutsu Sharma, Nepalese writer