Instances of the former are Kotwar (village watchman), Chaudhri, Meher or Mahto (caste headman), Bhagat (saint), Thakuria and Rawat (lord or prince), Vaidya (physician); and of titular names and nicknames: Kuldip (lamp of the family), Mohjaria (one with a burnt mouth), Jachak (beggar), Garkata (cut-throat), Bhatpagar (one serving on a pittance of boiled rice), Kangali (poor), Chikat (dirty), Petdukh (stomach-ache), Ghunnere (worm-eater) and so on.

A special class of names are those of offices held at the caste feasts; thus the clans of the Chitrakathi caste are the Atak or Mankari, who furnish the headman of the caste _panchayat_ or committee; the Bhojin who serve the food at marriages and other ceremonies; the Kakra who arrange for the lighting; the Gotharya who keep the provisions, and the Ghorerao (_ghora_, a horse) who have the duty of looking after the horses and bullock-carts of the caste-men who assemble.

Similarly the five principal clans of the small Turi caste are named after the five sons of Singhbonga or the sun: the eldest son was called Mailuar and his descendants are the leaders or headmen of the caste; the descendants of the second son, Chardhagia, purify and readmit offenders to caste intercourse; those of the third son, Suremar, conduct the ceremonial shaving of such offenders, and those of the fourth son bring water for the ceremony and are called Tirkuar.

The youngest brother, Hasdagia, is said to have committed some caste offence, and the four other brothers took the parts which are still played by their descendants in his ceremony of purification.

In many cases exogamous clans are named after other castes or subcastes.