Chand (name)
# Chand (name)

Chand means Moon in Hindi.

Chand is also both a given name, middle name and a surname of North Indians and Nepalese. Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

* Chand Bardai, Indian poet
* Chand Bibi, Indian ruler and warrior
* Chand Burke, Indian actor in Hindi and Punjabi language films
* Chand Kaur, ruler of the Sikh Empire
* Chand Nawab (born 1963), Pakistani journalist
* Chand Sadagar, rich river and sea merchant of Champaknagar in Eastern India
* Chand Usmani (1933–1989), Indian actress

## Surname

* Amir Chand (1889–1970), Indian physician and teacher of medicine
* Anand Chand (1913–1983), 44th Raja of Bilaspur
* Bhuwan Chand (born 1949), Nepali actress
* Bidhi Chand (1579-1638), Sikh religious preacher
* Binayadhoj Chand, Nepalese politician
* Dashrath Chand (1941-????), Nepalese politician and martyr
* Manzoor Chand (born 1942), Pakistani social worker
* Dhyan Chand (1905–1979), Indian field hockey player
* Dutee Chand (born 1996), Indian sprinter
* Ganesh Chand, Fijian academic and politician of Indian descent
* Hari Chand (1953-2022), Indian long distance runner
* Lokendra Bahadur Chand (born 1940), former PM of Nepal
* Meira Chand (born 1942), British novelist of Swiss-Indian parentage
* Mukesh Chand (1923–1976), Indian playback singer
* Nar Bahadur Chand, member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly belonging to Nepali Congress
* Nek Chand (1924–2015), Indian artist
* Nihâl Chand (1710–1782), Indian painter and poet
* Parmod Chand (born 1955/1956), Fijian politician and a member of the Fijian Parliament
* Prithvi Chand, Indian politician
* Ramesh Chand (born 1974), Indian politician
* Rohit Chand (born 1992), Nepalese Footballer
* Sansar Chand (c. 1765–1824), Rajput ruler of the state of Kangra in what is now the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh
* Sri Chand (1494 – 1629), founder of the ascetic sect of Udasin and son of Guru Nanak, first guru and founder of Sikhism
* Tara Chand (archaeologist), Vice-Chancellor of Allahabad University, India
* Tara Chand (Himachal Pradesh politician), member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
* Tara Chand (Jammu-Kashmir politician) (born 1963), member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
* Tara Chand (Pakistani politician), former Provincial Minister of Balochistan
* Tapan Kumar Chand (born 1959), Indian mining veteran, executive and author
* Unmukt Chand (born 1993), Indian cricketer
