Ashwin or Aswin (
Devanagari
Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental syste ...
: ') is an Indian given name and surname. It is related to the name of the
Ashvins, the divine twins of
Vedic mythology, as well as to the name of the Hindu lunar month
Ashvin.
People with the surname include:
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Bernard Ashwin
Sir Bernard Carl Ashwin (22 September 1896 – 12 February 1975) was a New Zealand senior public servant and economist. He was born in Paeroa, New Zealand, on 22 September 1896.
Ashwin was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael a ...
(1896–1975), New Zealand public servant and economist
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Chris Ashwin
Chris Ashwin born 19 November 1987 in England is a rugby union player who played for Bristol in the Guinness Premiership. He plays as a fly-half
In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearin ...
(born 1987), English rugby union player
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Murugan Ashwin
Murugan Ashwin (born 8 September 1990) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Tamil Nadu.
Domestic career
Ashwin made his List A debut on 11 December 2015 in the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He made his Twenty20 debut on 2 January 2016 in the ...
(born 1990), Indian cricketer
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Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin () (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team as a bowling All-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off-break, he plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricke ...
(born 1986), Indian cricketer
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Sumanth Ashwin
Sumanth Ashwin is an Indian actor who appears in Telugu films. Son of film producer and director M. S. Raju, Ashwin made his debut in 2012 with ''Tuneega Tuneega'' under his father's direction, for which he won CineMAA Awards Best Male Debut. ...
, Indian Tollywood actor
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