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Writing Adolescent Fiction/Character names/Bangladeshi
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In Bangladesh, a person's surname depends on his or her religion. There are different pools of surnames for Islamic families, for Hindu families, and for Buddhist families.
First names are taken from the Arab pool (if Muslim) or the East Indian pool (if Hindu or Buffhist).
Many Bangladeshis have two first names: a "good name", used for legal documents, and a "call name", which is what everybody calls them. The two are often unrelated: a man named Vijay may go by Bubai.
Many male Islamic Bangladeshis put Mohammod/Muhammad before their first names, as a prefix rather than a given name in the truest sense of the term. This can be abbreviated to Md.: Md. Ali Sarkar.
Girls' names
Banu
Dilara
Diya
Fatema
Hira
Jannatul
Nadia
Nasrin
Rani
Razia
Razia Sultana
Sanjida
Shahla
Shamsunnahar
Sharmin
Taslima
Umm Kulthum
Boys' names
Aashiq
Abdul Awwal
Abdul Batin
Abd al-Ra'uf
Abd al-Rahman
Abd al-Wadud
Abdul Aziz
Abdul Quddus
Abdullah al Mamun
Abu al-Qasim
Abu Hena
Abul Bashar
Abul Hasanat
Abul Hashem
Abul Hossain
Abul Kalam
Abul Kalam Azad
Abul Khair
Aftab
Aftab Ahmed
Aftabuddin
Ahmadullah
Akhtar
Akhtaruzzaman
Alamgir
Alamgir Kabir
Alfaz
Ali Reza
Alimuddin
Alimullah
Amim
Aminul Haque
Amjad Hossain
Anisul
Anwarul Azim
Asaduzzaman
Ashiqur Rahman
Ashiquzzaman
Azad
Azizul Haque
Azizul Islam
Bablu
Badi' al-Zaman
Badr al-Din
Badrudduja
Badrul Alam
Beyazid
Danish
Delwar Hossain
Dilawar
Faiz
Faizullah
Farhad
Farid
Fazl
Fazlul Haq
Fazlul Karim
Ferdous
Feroz
Ghulam Akbar
Ghulam Dastagir
Ghulam Faruq
Ghulam Ghawth
Ghulam Jilani
Ghulam Mawla
Ghulam Mohammad
Ghulam Mohiuddin
Ghulam Murshid
Ghulam Mustafa
Ghulam Qadir
Ghulam Rabbani
Ghulam Rahman
Ghulam Rasul
Ghulam Sadiq
Ghulam Sarwar
Habibul
Haroonur Rashid
Hasanuddin
Hasanuzzaman
Humayun
Humayun Kabir
Imdad
Imdadul Haq
Imru al-Qays
Inam-ul-Haq
Iresh
Iskandar
Islamuddin
Jahangir
Jahangir Alam
Jan
Kafil al-Din
Kamran
Karamat Ali
Kaykaus
Kayqubad
Khalilur Rahman
Khaliquzzaman
Khasru
Khasruzzaman
Khuda Bakhsh
Khurram
Kibria
Latifur Rahman
Lutfur Rahman
Mafiz
Mahbubul Alam
Mahbubul Haq
Mahbubur
Mahfuz
Mahfuzul Haque
Mahfuzur Rahman
Mahmud
Mahmudul Haque
Mahmudul Hasan
Mahmudur Rahman
Mahtab
Mamoun
Manzur
Manzurul Islam
Matiur Rahman
Mizan
Mizanur Rahman
Moazzem Hossain
Moinuddin Ahmed
Mokbul Hossain
Momtazuddin Ahmed
Monirul Islam
Moniruzzaman
Mosharraf Hossain
Mostafizur Rahman
Motahar
Motahar Hossain
Mozammel Haque
Mu'in al-Din
Muddathir
Mufaddal
Muhammad Ishaq
Muhammadullah
Mujib
Munir
Muntaqim
Muqtadir
Murad
Muzzammil
Nawaz
Nawazish
Nur ul-Haq
Nur ul-Huda
Nurul Alam
Nurul Amim
Nurul Islam
Nuruzzaman
Obaid
Obaidul Haq
Parvīz
Pintu
Qais
Qamar al-Hasan
Qamar al-Islam
Qamar al-Zaman
Qamar ud-Din
Qasim
Quddus
Ruhul Quddus
Rafiqul Islam
Rais
Raisuddin
Rakib
Raushan
Reyazuddin Ahmad
Reza
Rezaul Haque
Rezaul Karim
Riaz
Rostam
Ruhul Amim
Saddam Hussain
Sadr al-Din
Saiful Islam
Saifur Rehman
Saifuzzaman
Sajani
Sarfraz
Serajul Huq
Shadman
Shah Jahan
Shahiduzzaman
Shahriyar
Shakil Ahmed
Shams
Shams al-Din
Shamsher
Shamsuddin Ahmed
Shamsul Alam
Shamsul Huda
Shamsul Islam
Shamsur Rahman
Shamsuzzaman
Shamsuzzoha
Sharaf al-Din
Shayan
Shuvo
Sikandar
Sirajuddin
Sirajul Islam
Tafazzul
Tafazzul Islam
Taha
Tajul Islam
Talat
Tanvir
Titu
Tofazzal Hossain
Tuku
Ubayd Allah
Waqar
Yar
Yasin
Zahurul Haque
Zahurul Islam
Zamiruddin
Ziaur Rahman
Surnames
Islamic surnames
Akhand
Aktar
Akther
Batin
Bhai
Bhuiyan
Bishwash
Chakladar
Chaqladar
Chowdhury
Chy
Dewan
Dihidar
Fakir
Faqir
Farin
Gazi
Gomastha
Haldar
Hazari
Howladar
Inamdar
Joardar
Karkun
Kashem
Kazi
Khan
Khondakar
Kochi
Lashkar
Lohani
Majumdar
Malangi
Malik
Malla
Mandal
Matubbar
Mazumdar
Meah
Mia
Miah
Mian
Mir
Mirza
Molla
Muhuri
Munshi
Mustafi
Nahar
Panni
Paran
Parvez
Patoyari
Pramanik
Qanungo
Quader
Quazi
Quddus
Rab
Sardar
Sarder
Sarkar
Shah
Shamsuddin
Sheikh
Shikdar
Sikdar
Sikder
Sircar
Sunny
Syed
Talukdar
Tarafdar
Thakur
Hindu surnames
Banik
Bapary
Bhattacharya
Bhottacharjo
Bhottacharjyo
Bhoumik
Bhowmik
Bishwas
Bondyopadhyay
Bonik
Bosu
Byapari
Chakrabarty
Chakraborty
Chokroborti
Chottopadhyay
Choudhuri
Chowdhury
Das
Datta
De
Debroy
Dey
Dotto
Dutta
Gain
Gangopadhyay
Gayen
Ghosh
Ghush
Gongopadhyay
Goswami
Guha
Guho
Gupta
Gupto
Gushami
Majumder
Mitra
Mitro
Mozumdar
Mukhopadhyay
Munshi
Munsi
Nath
Nil
Pal
Paul
Prabhupada
Probhupado
Purakayastha
Purkait
Purokayostho
Ray
Roy
Saha
Sarkar
Sarker
Sen
Seu
Sorkar
Thakur
Buddhist surnames
Banik
Bapary
Barua
Baruah
Bondyopadhyay
Bonik
Borua
Boruya
Byapari
Chakma
Chottopadhyay
Gonggopadhyay
Larma
Mahathero
Marma
Mohathero
Mru
Mrung
Mukhopadhyay
Murong
Murung
Mutsuddi
Pal
Patoyari
Patwary
Paul
Ray
Roy
Sarkar
Sarker
Sorkar
Talukdar
Talukder
Tanchangya
Tonchongga
Tripura