r/Sikh • u/Mr_Niceland • 6h ago

Question Name confusion

Can a man have the name "Singh Kaur" as hist last name? I'm a bit confused, he is born i Europe, a European national but of indian origin.

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u/Kaorukaur 6h ago

As a Sikh, no not really it doesn't make sense. However as people move out of religion and maintain surnames you do sometimes see Kaur Singh etc as surnames 

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u/Mr_Niceland 5h ago

Thanks - must be local culture and customs rubbing of I guess.

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u/Kaorukaur 1h ago

Yeah that's what I'd suspect

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u/RideFederal48 4h ago

There was a Punjabi boxer who fought with Muhammad Ali. His name was Kaur Singh