Vaid is a surname of Indian origin. It is found among several communities, including Oswals, Mohyals, and Parsis.[1] Vaid or Ved is a sanskrit word used for practitioner (Vaidya) of Ayurveda medicine.[2]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Sahil Vaid (born 1986), Indian actor
- Aryan Vaid (born 1971), Indian model
- Bakshi Tirath Ram Vaid (1857–1924), British Indian Army officer
- Dawood Vaid, Indian educator
- Jyotsna Vaid, Indian-American psychologist
- Krishna Baldev Vaid, Hindi writer
- Madan Lal Vaid, British Indian Army officer
- Marcel Vaid, Indo-Swiss film composer
- Nakul Vaid, Indian film actor
- Shesh Paul Vaid (born 1959), Indian police officer
- Urvashi Vaid (1958–2022), [Indian-American activist and writer
- Bakshi Anand Prakash Vaid (1930–2002), Indian poet and lyricist
References
- ↑ Shibani Roy; S. H. M. Rizvi (2002). Encyclopaedia of Indian surnames. B.R. p. 421. ISBN 978-81-7646-247-1.
- ↑ Wujastyk, Dagmar; Smith, Frederick M. (9 September 2013). Modern and Global Ayurveda: Pluralism and Paradigms. ISBN 9780791478165.
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