# Gayen

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| pronunciation = গায়েন (''Ga-en'')
| meaning       = [Bard](/source/Bard)
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| region        = [Bengal](/source/Bengal)
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'''Gayen''', sometimes anglicised as '''Gain''', is a [Bengali](/source/Bengali_people) surname found in the [Indian subcontinent](/source/Indian_subcontinent), mainly in [West Bengal](/source/West_Bengal) and [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh).<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/28560/1/ALIS%206(3)%2081-91.pdf |date=September 1959 |title=Bengalee surnames |first=S. |last=Mookerjee |volume=6 |issue=3 |journal=Annals of Library and Information Studies |page=6}}</ref> In [Bengali](/source/Bengali_language), the title ''Gayen'' (গায়েন) referred to anyone involved in the medieval [bardic tradition](/source/bard), i.e. composition of [poetry](/source/Bengali_poetry) and [music](/source/Music_of_Bengal).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sen Gupta|first1=Shankar|title=Folklorists of Bengal|date=1965|publisher=Indian Publications|location=Calcutta, India|edition=Volume 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BmPhAAAAMAAJ&q=gayen+bards}}</ref>

== Notable people ==

* [Anil Kumar Gain](/source/Anil_Kumar_Gain) (1919–1978), Cambridge mathematician and founder of Vidyasagar University
* [Swapan K. Gayen](/source/Swapan_K._Gayen), Bengali-American physicist, researcher at City University of New York
* [Kaberi Gain](/source/Kaberi_Gain) (born 1970), author and social activist, researcher at University of Edinburgh
* [Chhanda Gayen](/source/Chhanda_Gayen) (1979–2014), first Bengali woman to climb Mount Everest
* [Prasun Gain](/source/Prasun_Gain) (born 1977), Indian actor
* [Margaret Gayen](/source/Margaret_Gayen) (born 1994), Indian-Australian long jumper

== In popular culture ==

* ''[Goopy Gayen Bagha Bayen](/source/Goopy_Gayen_Bagha_Bayen)'', a classic Bengali film by [Satyajit Ray](/source/Satyajit_Ray)

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [http://www.zamindar.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22&Itemid=16 The Gayen Estate] - Description of the Gayen Zamindari Estate in Dhanyakuria, West Bengal

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Category:Bengali Hindu surnames
Category:Surnames of Indian origin

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