Malayalam Names
Malayalam names are used in southern India. See also about Indian names.
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Malayalam
148Sankar is a masculine given name used in Bengali and Malayalam cultures, serving as an alternate transcription of the Malayalam ശങ്കർ or Bengali শংকর, both of which are forms of the name Shankar.EtymologyThe name Sankar...
Santhosh (सन्तोष्) is a Southern Indian given name, predominantly masculine, used in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu. It is a regional form of the more widespread Indian name Santosh, which in turn derives from th...
Santosh (Sanskrit: संतोष), also spelled Santhosh, is a given name used in India and Nepal, derived from the Sanskrit word saṃtoṣa meaning "satisfaction" or "contentment." The name is predominantly masculine but is also g...
EtymologyShankar is a modern transcription of the Sanskrit name Shankara, which itself is composed of the elements śam meaning "auspicious, lucky" and kara meaning "maker". Thus, the name carries the meaning "maker of au...
Shanthi is a Southern Indian form of the name Shanti, widely used in Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. The name originates from Sanskrit śāntī, meaning "peace, quiet, tranquility." It is a unisex name in India but is pr...
Etymology and MeaningShiva 1 is a masculine given name derived from Sanskrit शिव (śiva), meaning "benign, kind, auspicious." In Hinduism, Shiva is one of the principal deities, known as the god of destruction and restora...
Shyam is a modern masculine form of Shyama, which in turn derives from Sanskrit śyāma meaning "dark, black, blue". As a name for Krishna, who is often depicted with blue or dark skin, Shyam carries deep religious signifi...
Siva is an alternative transcription of the Tamil சிவா (Civā), Telugu శివ (Śiva), Kannada ಶಿವ (Śiva), and Malayalam ശിവ (Śiva) forms of the name Shiva, which is derived from Sanskrit शिव (śiva) meaning "benign, kind, aus...
Sujatha is a South Indian and Sinhala form of Sujata, a name derived from Sanskrit. The name Sujatha embodies the meaning "well-born," combining the Sanskrit prefix su ("good") with jāta ("born, grown"). It is a feminine...
Sulochana is a feminine Sanskrit name meaning "having beautiful eyes," derived from the prefix su (good) and locana (eye). In later versions of the Hindu epic the Ramayana, Sulochana appears as the daughter of the serpen...
Sunil is a male given name common in South Asia, particularly in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Derived from the Sanskrit elements su meaning "good" or "very" and nīla meaning "dark blue," the name Sunil evokes the sense o...
Sunitha is a Southern Indian feminine name, primarily used in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu language communities. It is a regional variant of Sunita.EtymologyThe name Sunita derives from Sanskrit elements: the pr...
Suresh is a modern form of Suresha, a masculine given name widely used across India, particularly in Nepali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu-speaking communities. The name derives from the Sanskrit...
Surya ( Sanskrit: सूर्य ) is a masculine name widely used across South Asia, meaning "sun" in Sanskrit. In Hinduism, Surya is the name of the Vedic solar deity, often depicted riding a chariot across the sky pulled by se...
Swathi is a Southern Indian feminine given name, the Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu form of Swati. Swathi ultimately derives from the name of the star system Swati (also known as Arcturus), the fourth brightest star in the...
Uma is a feminine given name with roots in Sanskrit, where it means "flax." In Hinduism, it is an epithet of the goddess Parvati, the divine consort of Shiva. The name is also associated with words like "tranquillity," "...
Usha is a feminine given name widely used across Nepali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindu contexts. It is fundamentally a variant of Ushas, the Vedic goddess of dawn, whose name in Sanskrit me...
Varghese is a Syriac–Malayalam short form of Geevarghese, which itself is the Malayalam form of the name George. It is used as an independent given name, as well as a surname, primarily among Saint Thomas Christians in t...
Vasu is a masculine given name of Sanskrit origin, meaning "excellent, good, wealthy, bright." In Hindu mythology, the Vasus are a group of eight elemental deities associated with fire and light, who serve as attendants...
Venkat is a given name and surname commonly used in southern India, particularly among Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam speakers. It is a variant of Venkata, which itself derives from the name of a sacred hill in An...
Venkata is a male given name common in southern India, particularly among Telugu-, Kannada-, Malayalam-, and Tamil-speaking communities. The name derives from the Sanskrit वेङ्कट (veṅkaṭa), which itself is a loanword fro...
Vijay is a modern masculine form of Vijaya, a name meaning "victory" in Sanskrit. It is widely used across the Indian subcontinent, particularly in Punjabi, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu-speaking...
Vijaya is a unisex name of Sanskrit origin, directly meaning "victory" in that ancient language. In Devanagari script, the masculine form is विजय (short final vowel) and the feminine form is विजया (long final vowel), bot...
Vinay is a masculine given name of Sanskrit origin, widely used in India across several language communities including Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, and Tamil. The name is derived from the Sanskrit word विनय (vinay...
Vinod is a male given name primarily used in India and Sri Lanka. Deriving from the Sanskrit word विनोद (vinoda), it means "pleasure," "happiness," or "diversion." The name is common across many Indian language communiti...
Vipin is a masculine given name of Sanskrit origin, commonly used in India, particularly among Hindi, Malayalam, and Marathi-speaking communities. It derives from the Sanskrit word विपिन (vipina), meaning "forest" or "wo...
Vishnu is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, known as the preserver and protector of the universe. In Sanskrit, his name probably means "all-pervasive," derived from the root विष् (viṣ) meaning "to pervade, to spr...
Vivek is a masculine given name popular in South Asia, particularly in India and Nepal. It originates from Sanskrit विवेक (viveka), meaning "wisdom, distinction, discrimination". The name is derived from the viveka eleme...