Please note:
The list is not comprehensive. However, all names are derived from Sanskrit
Das (servant), Mal (Brave) Chand (belonging to vansh of mmo), Singh (Lion), Lal (Child)-Anand (happiness), Ram (Suffix as well as proper name), Raj (raj are derived from Raja. Proper name also), Kumar (bachelor, new suffix) Females have very few suffixes like Bai and Vanti
All these suffixes are added to the names as a mark of respect. Some are interchangeable like Ramchand can be addressed as Ramdas, but you can't call Kanyalal as Kanyadas.
In some names you can't add suffix as that becomes reluctant. Like Lokram, Radhesham etc.
Modern names have done away with suffixes. Prakash will not call himself Prakashchand and to call Sanjay Kumar will look odd..
Some male names can be easily changed by changing the last word 'a' to 'i' e.g. Kishna to Kishni, Rama to Rami. Female names when borrowed by males must have suffix to avoid confusion. Lakhmi is basically a female name and if a male wants it he should not mistake him as female.
Basic names meaning/derivation to be precise, we have tried to give meaning of basic names only.
Girdhar-Laj Foundation has been persistently researching at Badrinath, Hardwar, Jagananth etc. among Vahis of Pandas and have not been able to trace the record of all surnames. However, Research continues and it may be possible to retrive most of surnames in our second edition.

SINDHI SURNAMES :

ADVANI (Advani) Adwini: It is the most famous Hyderabadi Amil Surname. 19th century Maghokhatri Adumal gave this name.
AAHUJA: Ahu is moon. This is a famous Surname. Even in Punjab
AJWANI: (Manchanda): well known builders of Pune
AKALI: Actually Akali are select Sikhs of Guru Gobindsingh. However, this is also Shikarpuri surname of Sikhs
AMARNANI: Amardas gave the name
ASRANI: Originally Sodhepota-Rahita Sahita
AILANI: Family of Alidas
AWATRAMANI: Awatmal was their elder
AILSINGHANI: Ailsingh like Ailmal was thie elder
ACHHR: The Shikarpuri surname of fair (Achhra)people
ACHHPALA: Another Shikarpuri surnae. Atalrai was their elder
ARORA: In fact this is a Punjabi surname of the 7th century sindhi migrants from capital of sind Arora (near Rohri - Sukkur). This city was ransacked by Arab hordes after the last Hindu King Dahir was defeated and killed.
Though many, Sindhis migrated to Rajasthan, Kutch and Punjab-especially Amritsar and Multan, some of them retained their surname as Arora, while others were Chawla, Luthria, etc. as these names continue to prevail even today in Punjab as well as in Sind
BAJAJ: A leading surname of Shikarpur as well as Marwar. Most of the 18-19th centuries and dealt in the mobile cloth selling business. Cloth vendors are also called Bajaji although they need not be a Bajaj.
However majority of them changed their business to banking with their branches throughout Asia.
Bajaj Auto of Poona of Jamnalal Bajaj family is a Marwari surnames
BATHIJA:Bathi is oven and in early times, they were caterers and owned eating (dabha) houses. A Shikarpuri surname it has 2 branches 1-Khunbhati (cambay in Gujrat) and 2- Shehri Bathijas. Khunbahatis are recent migrants from Gujrat.
BAHARANI= Bahrumal gave the name
BHAGAT= Devotees
BHAGHNARI= A famous surname of south sind.
Bhag and Nari are two places.
BHAGNANI= Bhagwandas gave the surname Bhambhani (Chugh)= Bhambhumal gave the name.
BHATIA: Bhati Rajputs claim their lineage to shri Krishna - a breakaway Jadhav class. Right from Afganisthan to Gujrat this staunch vegetarian caste is spread with great sway in Kutch. In sind also their main home was Thatta in south Sind, with few in Shikarpur & other places of Sind.
They follow rigid rules like Jains where food is concerned, even onion is not eaten.
BOLAKANI: Brahmins- an educated class.
BUDHA: In fact a toothless person is called Budha in Sindhi. Budha Advani was a film comedian
CHAWLA: One of the top 4 surnaes of Shikarpur. It is a Punjabi surname as wel (e.g. Juhi Chawla). CHELANI: Obiviously it was Choitthamal, who bestowed the name
CHANCHALANI: Chanchaldas gave the name
COTRANI: A surname among mid sind
CHUHARMALANI: They are the desendents of chuhumal.
DASWANI: A sindhi surname of Dasumal's
DARIRA: Parsram Parumal, the philonthrophist, belonged to this surname. He was called sugar king during his hey days.
DINGREJA: They dealt in Dingiri, a costly food product (mushroom) imported from Afganisthan
DODEJA: King Doda ruled near Jaisalmer, where ruins of the Doda city could be found. He was one of the chieftain in the army of Rana Pratap, during his war with Akbar at Haldighati and was killed. Dodejas then migrated to Punjab and later to Shikarpur. They specialized in utensil making This caste is privileged with 5 writers/ authors of a city which has not more than 20 writers and /or poets after Saami. These 5 are Dayasingh Reumla, Lunidaram Lekhraj, Kishin ( Multani Dodeja) Manghomal- all journalists and editors. Lokram Dodeja and his son Girdhar.
DESANI: Altogether a new surname created by Gordhandas Wadhwa, a phenomenal philosopher/ writer.
GAJRA: Gajjar is carrot and the surname got its name from early Bhati as doing business of Gajjar. Tarachand, a well-known Sanskrit Scholar, Congress leader, a research Scholar and Arya Samaji reformist. His eldest son Baldev Gajra, was also a famous person, but in a different field. He ran a daily "Prabhat" in Shikarpur which still continues in Bombay. A controversial journalist, he was dedicated "congressi". A modest poet . he has written four satirical books too.
GANDHI: Gandh is scent. Gandhi in Gujrat is a provision merchant even it is a surname among Parsis. We know about Feroz Gandhi, husband of indira Nehru. Also Mohandas, a bania Hindu of Saurashtre. Bhatias are mostly Gandhis
HINDUJA: This world famous surname was a well known surname of shikarpur. Tanwarmal Hinduja was a Mukhi for a number of years. Chetumal did a lot of philanthrophist activities, while late Parmanand Deepchand's family, who are the 7th richest in the world continue with their charitable activities started by their elders.
KALRA: Shri Gopaldas Kalra of Dayavanti hall is very active socially. Dr. Kalra of Bombay is a well known physician.
LUTHRIA: being a famous surname in Punjab as well, they are in hotel business and in other industries.
KHATPAL: Most of them settled in Nasik belong to Shikarpur.
KRIPLANI: Fire brand congress leader and right hand of Gandhiji has immortalized this Hydrabadi surname.
LUND: Saami, the vedanti poets of Saami-a-ja salok belonged to this surname.
LEKHWANI: They belong to north Sind.
JUMANI: This is another famous surname of Shikarpur with their Jumani Hall being the center of activities even now. With their modern outlook, they tried to modernize the orthodox society through their elder member Gobindram.
MUTHREJA: Some of them are settled in foreign.
MATTA: This famous surname persons werewel known city leaders of Shikarpur.
MAKHIJA: Chugh, Makhija, Chawla and fourth one Bajaj were considered the 4 pillars of Shikarpur the cot.
MULTANI: In early times people from Sind had to go to south India including Bombay-poona through Multan only. Which is in south Punjab and they were called Multanis, specially in Bombay. Some Shikarpuris though of different toteium, adopted Multani surnames. Kishin Multani, famous film personality and film magazines publisher, though Dodeja, called himself Multani.
MIRCHANDANI:An educated Amil cast
MANSHUKHANI: well-known Hyderabadi surnames
MENDA: renowned Doctor Mehda belonged to this Shikarpuri caste.
MAKHIJA: One of the fourleading surnames of Shikarpur
MORJANI: most of them have setteled in foreign
MAKHIJANI: This caste is not related to Makhija
MULTANI: Multan, an ancient city in south Punjab was a part of sind and in early times all Sindhis, specially from Shikarpur used to go to Bombay and south through Multan only and were known as Multanis there. Some of them even adopted this surname and most of them did not bother.
Manghomal Dodeja, per-partition migrant called himself Multani, so did an Asrani family ect.
Only after partition did the awareness of their original surname came to light.
NICHNI: This is Sindhi surname and also a Muslim surname but with slight variation: Nuthani, Nevertheless, it is spelt as Nathani only.
NARANG: These Shikapuri have their cousins in Punjab also. They dealt in Narangi (Oranges).
NOTANI: Nihalchand bestowed this name.
NAGPAL: A well known Shikarpuri surname. They are the early settlers of Mumbai. About 60-70 years back there were 3 crorepati families among Shikarpuris and two of them were the Nagpals.
ROHRA: Originally belonged to Rohri and from ther to pir Jo Gotu, Sukkur and Shikarpur.
RAHEJA: They are the Vishwakrmas of Bombay, as Atur Sangatani was of pune.
RATANPAL: Brahmin educated class.
SHARMA: Saraswat Brahmins of Sind.
VALECHA: They were mostly goldsmiths of Shikarpur and Sukkur.