Släkthistoria för Bakhshi
Bakhshi Vad efternamn betyder
Iranian and Jewish (from Iran): from bakhshī a Persian word meaning literally ‘giver donor’ also ‘fortune’ but usually (in Khorasan) denoting a ‘storyteller’ or ‘singer musician’ historically (in the Indian subcontinent and/or in parts of Central Asia) also a ‘paymaster’ (see Bakshi) or a ‘scribe’. Alternatively a surname denoting descent from or association with someone called Bakhsh. Indian (Punjab): variant of Bakshi
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
