Laishram

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Meitei/Manipuri (India)

Meaning

a Meitei clan surname and given name belonging to one of the seven salai — the seven major patrilineal clan groups that form the fundamental organising structure of Meitei society; in the Meitei system each person carries their clan name as an integral part of their identity, and the Laishram clan is associated with specific ancestral territories, ritual obligations, and social roles within the complex web of Meitei customary governance; the Meitei maintain a sophisticated indigenous writing system, the Meitei Mayek script, which was suppressed during the period of Bengali script usage but has been officially restored and is now taught in schools; names like Laishram carry not only individual identity but the entire architecture of Meitei social organisation within a single word

Gender

unisex