This article is about the family name Joshi. For other uses and people with the name, see Joshi (disambiguation).\r Joshi is a surname of Brahmins in India and Nepal. The name is popularly derived from the Sanskrit word Jyotsyar or Jyotishi. Joshi is a common family name in the Indian states of Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh Gujarat, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab, Konkan,& Goa. In Nepal, it is adopted by two different Ethnic Groups, the Kumai Bahun & the Newa people.[1]\r \r In the Marathi populated Deccan(Chittpawan Brahmans), the last name Joshi is pronounced as ज़ोशी (dental J, closer to Z) as opposed to जोशी in rest of India and Nepal. In old Konkani language, it is joyshi, but now commonly Joshi.