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135 names sit under Tamil boy names. Chidambar is one spelling to say aloud, and Chidambar means Sky of consciousness; Shiva. Aadhavan means The sun. Achyutam means Imperishable; Vishnu. Adishesh means The primal serpent Shesha. Akilan means King of the world. Arumugam means Six-faced; Murugan. Two names can share an English letter and still follow different padas, so the name page is the place to check. Hindi is printed with the meaning. Take the chart, not this list, as the last word on the star.
Aadhavan means The sun. Achyutam means Imperishable; Vishnu. Adishesh means The primal serpent Shesha. Akilan means King of the world.
Showing 120 of 135, in alphabetical order.
- AadhavanआदवनThe sun
- Achyutamअच्युतमImperishable; Vishnu
- AdisheshआदिशेषThe primal serpent Shesha
- AkilanअकिलनKing of the world
- ArumugamआरुमुगमSix-faced; Murugan
- AvinashiअविनाशीImperishable; Shiva
- AzhaganअझगनHandsome one; Murugan
- BalamuruganबालमुरुगनYoung Murugan
- Chandranचंद्रनMoon
- CheranचेरनA great Tamil dynasty
- ChezhiyanचेझियनA Pandya king
- ChidambarचिदंबरSky of consciousness; Shiva
- CholanचोलनOf the Chola dynasty
- DayanidhiदयानिधिTreasure of mercy
- Easwaranईश्वरनLord Shiva
- EkambarएकांबरShiva of Kanchipuram
- GanesanगणेशनLord Ganesha
- GovindanगोविंदनProtector of cows; Krishna
- GovindrajगोविंदराजLord Govinda
- GuhanगुहनLord Murugan
- HariharanहरिहरनVishnu and Shiva together
- IlangoइलंगोYoung prince; a Tamil poet
- IlayarajaइलैयराजाYoung king
- IravanइरावनSon of Arjuna
- JayaramanजयरामनVictorious Rama
- JohnsonजॉनसनSon of John
- KandasamyकंदसामीLord Murugan
- KandhanकंदनLord Murugan
- Kannadasanकण्णदासनServant of Krishna; a poet
- Kannanकण्णनLord Krishna
- KarikalanकरिकालनA great Chola king
- KarunanidhiकरुणानिधिTreasure of compassion
- KathiravanकतिरवनThe sun
- Krishnakumarकृष्णकुमारKrishna as a youth
- Krishnamurthyकृष्णमूर्तिForm of Krishna
- Krishnanकृष्णनLord Krishna
- KumaranकुमरनYouthful; Lord Murugan
- KumareshकुमारेशLord Kartikeya
- MadhavanमाधवनLord Krishna
- MahalingamमहालिंगमThe great linga; Shiva
- ManikandanमणिकंदनJewel-necked; Lord Ayyappa
- MathivananमतिवननWise one
- MuruganमुरुगनThe beautiful one; Lord Murugan
- Muthukumarमुत्तुकुमारPearl-like Murugan
- NagarajanनागराजनKing of serpents
- NandakumarनंदकुमारSon of Nanda; Krishna
- NarasimhanनरसिंहनNarasimha, the man-lion
- NarayananनारायणनLord Vishnu
- NatarajनटराजKing of dance; Shiva
- NateshनटेशLord of dance; Shiva
- Padmanabhanपद्मनाभनLotus-naveled; Vishnu
- PandianपांडियनOf the Pandya dynasty
- ParamasivamपरमशिवमSupreme Shiva
- Parthsarathiपार्थसारथीCharioteer of Arjuna; Krishna
- PerumalपेरुमालThe great lord; Vishnu
- Prabhakaranप्रभाकरनThe sun
- Radhakrishnanराधाकृष्णनRadha and Krishna
- RaghavanराघवनOf the Raghu clan; Rama
- RajagopalराजगोपालKing Krishna
- RajarajanराजराजनKing of kings; Chola emperor
- Ramakrishnanरामकृष्णनRama and Krishna
- RamanathanरामनाथनLord of Rama; Shiva of Rameswaram
- RanganathरंगनाथLord Vishnu reclining
- RavishankarरविशंकरSun and Shiva
- SairamसाईरामSai and Rama
- Sakthivelशक्तिवेलSpear of Shakti; Murugan
- SambandamसंबंधमA Shaiva saint
- Selvakumarसेल्वकुमारProsperous son
- Selvanसेल्वनProsperous one
- ShankaranशंकरनLord Shiva
- Shanmugamषण्मुगमSix-faced; Murugan
- ShivkumarशिवकुमारSon of Shiva
- SivanशिवनLord Shiva
- SivaramanशिवरामनShiva and Rama
- SomasundaramसोमसुंदरमShiva, handsome as the moon
- Srinivasanश्रीनिवासनAbode of Lakshmi; Vishnu
- Sriramश्रीरामLord Rama
- Subramanianसुब्रमण्यनLord Kartikeya
- SundaramसुंदरमBeautiful
- Sundareshwarसुंदरेश्वरBeautiful lord; Shiva of Madurai
- Swaminathanस्वामीनाथनLord Murugan
- TamilarasanतमिलरसनKing of Tamil
- ThangarajतंगराजGolden king
- ThiruतिरुSacred; honoured
- ThirumuruganतिरुमुरुगनSacred Murugan
- Vaidyanathanवैद्यनाथनShiva the healer
- ValavanवलवनProsperous; a Chola title
- Valluvanवल्लुवनAfter the poet Thiruvalluvar
- VeeranवीरनBrave
- VelवेलMurugan's spear
- VelanवेलनSpear bearer; Murugan
- VelavanवेलवनSpear-holder; Murugan
- VelmuruganवेलमुरुगनMurugan with the spear
- VendhanवेंदनKing
- VenkatesanवेंकटेशनLord Venkateswara
- VenkatramanवेंकटरमनLord Venkateswara
- Vetriवेत्रीVictory
- Vetrivelवेत्रिवेलVictorious spear; Murugan
- Viswanathanविश्वनाथनLord of the universe
- AdhiyanआदियनFirst; a Tamil chieftain line
- AmudhanअमुदनSweet as nectar
- AnbanअनबनLoving one
- AnbumaniअनबुमणिJewel of love
- Apparअप्परA Tamil Shaiva saint
- ArasuअरसुKing
- ArivazhaganअरिवझगनBeautiful in wisdom
- ArivuअरिवुKnowledge
- ArokiarajआरोकियराजKing of health
- ArunachalamअरुणाचलमRed mountain; Shiva
- ChidambaramचिदंबरमSky of consciousness; a temple town
- EzhilanएझिलनHandsome
- Gnanarajज्ञानराजKing of wisdom
- InbanइनबनJoyful one
- IniyanइनियनSweet-natured
- JebarajजेबराजKing of prayer
- KalaiyarasanकलैयरसनKing of the arts
- Kambarकम्बरPoet of the Tamil Ramayana
- KaviyanकवियनPoet
- KirubakaranकिरुबाकरनMerciful one
- Muthamizhमुत्तमिझThe threefold Tamil of verse, music and drama
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Questions
- How many names are listed for Tamil boy names?
- Tamil boy names lists 135 names. Chandran, Cheran, Chezhiyan are three of them, each with a meaning on the name page.
- Where do I read the Hindi meaning?
- Open the name. English is beside the spelling, and Hindi is in the Meaning section with the number and the pada.
- Does this list decide the name for us?
- No. It is a reading list. Nakshatra and numerology are shared as tradition, not as a promise about a child.