"while all Sikhs are Singhs, all Singhs are not Sikhs."

"An important distinction to be noted here is that "while all Sikhs are Singhs, all Singhs are not Sikhs."
Today there is nothing to write about cricket so I thought let me find out more about my last name "Singh" ancient history. It all started like this we went to sam's club and one of there staff who was working on the counter shaw my last name in membership card and she asked me where are you from then she asked if you are not sikh and you are not from Panjab then how come your last name is Singh? I had reply her back what ever I knew.Then when I came back home went on "http://www.answers.com/" to find out a lot about my last name and offcours I want to share with my friends.

Singh is an ancient Indian Vedic name meaning "Lion", 2000 years old to ancient India. It is mainly used by sikhs.It is also used by some other groups such as Rajpoot , Dogras, Gurkhas, gujjars, Jats, Marathas, Bhumihars ,few maithil Brahmins which is in part of Mithila(Bihar), Yadavs and Kurmis in Bihar and uttar Pradesh.

This session belongs to http://www.answers.com/ but I wanted to put is here so my friends and blogger can read it in my blog. Singh is derived from the Sanskrit Simha meaning "Lion". It is used throughout Northern India with various transliterations. For example, in Hindi (Devnagari script), the name is written as सिंह (Sinh) and pronounced as सिंघ (Singh). In Punjabi (Gurmukhi script), the name is written as ਸਿੰ(Singh) and pronounced as Singh. In Gujarati, it is spelled as Sinh. Marathas use Sing.
Although it is a common misconception to call both the lion and the Tiger by the common name "Sher" (of Turko-Persian origin) in Northern India and Pakistan, most terms for the tiger in various Indo-Aryan tongues include Baagh (Hindi), Baaghaa (Bengali), Baghiyaad (Punjabi) and Vaagh (Gujarati and Marathi). All these are derived from the Sanskrit word for tiger, Vyaagraha.

"Singh" was ancient Indian name for Lion, dating back over 2000 years old. After the birth of the Khalsa brotherhood in 1699, the Sikhs adopted the name "Singh" due to the wishes of Guru Gobind Singh. "Kaur" was the equivalent name for women.
[1]Guru Gobind Singh, gave the name "Singh" to all the Sikh men so that all in the community would be equals. As a display of equality, the name Kaur (meaning: "princess") was given to all the Sikh women. The Guru said, "You are my beloved princesses, my daughters. You must be respected. How can this world be without you?" [citation needed] These two names were given to the Sikhs on April 13 and 14, 1699.

Naming Patterns:
Sometimes, Singh is used as a middle name after the given name and followed by the caste/clan/family name. For example, "Balraj Singh Khuman", "Kartar Singh Virk", "Natwar Singh Gujjar", "Daljit Singh Khanna" etc (Pattern: 1. First name, 2. Singh, 3. family/clan name).
One usage is the given name and Singh as the surname. For example, "Jaspal Singh", "Kishan Singh", "Raghubir Singh", "Mohan Singh" etc.
Singh is sometimes dropped and only the given name followed by the family name is used. For example, "Navtej Sarna", "Rajvir Chauhan" etc.
Just like Sikh males have 'Singh' in their middle name, Sikh women use 'Kaur' in their middle name.