Paudel
पौडेल| Language(s) | Nepali |
|---|
|
| Word/name | Nepal |
|---|
| Meaning | people living in पौड़ी (Hills, mountain) |
|---|
|
| Variant form(s) | Poudel/ Powrel |
|---|
Paudel (Nepali: पौडेल, pouḍel) is a surname among the Brahmin/bahun/ Chetrri families in Nepal, alternative spellings of which include Paudel, Powdel, Powdel, Poudal, Poudel, Poudyal, Paudyal, Poudyel, and Powrel.[1] They have gotra as Atrey(आत्रेय) and pravara as Three त्रिप्रवर (आत्रेय, अर्चनाना, श्यावश्व).
Notable people bearing the surname include:
- Ram Chandra Poudel, president of Nepal.
- Modanath Paudel popularly known as Modanath Prasrit, Nepali writer, politician and Political Activist
- Bal Chandra Poudel (born 1961), politician of Nepali Congress
- Ananta Prasad Paudel (born 1962), Member of the Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
- Lekhnath Paudyal (1885–1966), poet (author of "A Parrot in a Cage")
- Prakash Sharma Poudel, Member of Second Nepalese Constituent Assembly
- Purusottam Poudel, former Minister of Nepal
- Ram Chandra Poudel, politician belonging to the Nepali Congress, president of Nepal
- Ranga Nath Poudyal, first Brahmin Prime Minister of Nepal in 1838
- Shivahari Poudel, Nepalese actor from Jire Khursani
- Usha Poudel, Nepalese dancer and actress
- Rohit Kumar Poudel, Nepalese cricketer, the youngest cricketer to hit an international half century
- Bishnu Prasad Paudel, Nepalese politician, vice-chairman of Communist Party of Nepal
