Thakur Name Meaning. Indian (northern states): Hindu name meaning 'deity', 'god', 'lord' in modern Indian languages, from Sanskrit or Middle Indo-Aryan ?thakkura. Compare Thakkar. Although this name is commonly associated with Kshatriyas, it is also found among Brahmans and other communities.
The place name is first recorded as 'Thoruergh' in 1190, and as 'Torvergh' in 1246, and means either the hut or shelter for storing peat, or turf, or 'the hut made of turf'. ... The name can be found a 'Tarver, Turver and Torver' in the modern idiom, and is found most frequently in Lancashire.
