Boy · Tamil, from Sanskrit śaravaṇa · Tamil · Hindu
Saravanan
சரவணன்Say it sa-ra-VA-nun
- Meaning today
- Lord murugan, clump of reeds
- Original meaning
- "Murugan, as born in the Saravana pool among the reeds" Tamil Lexicon, p. 1315
- Say it
- sa-ra-VA-nun
- Written
- சரவணன்
- Other spellings
- Saravana, Sharavanan
Saravanan
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Saravanan meaning
Saravanan (சரவணன்) is a Tamil and Hindu boy's name.
Murugan, as born in the Saravana pool among the reeds
Also used to mean: lord murugan, clump of reeds
Saravanan (சரவணன்) is one of the best-known Tamil names of Murugan, the god Skanda. It comes from Sanskrit śaravaṇa, a thicket or clump of reeds, which the Tamil Lexicon records as caravaṇam, both for reed grass and for the sacred Saravana pool. The Lexicon gives Caravaṇapavaṉ, Sanskrit Śaravaṇabhava, as Skanda 'born in the Saravana pool', after the story that the infant god appeared among its reeds. The chant 'Saravanabhava' is heard in Murugan temples across Tamil Nadu, and Saravanan is a boys' name used in Tamil families in India and abroad.
Source: Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (1924–36), p. 1315 · entry caravaṇapavaṉ (சரவணபவன்) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Tamil Lexicon, caravaṇapavaṉ (சரவணபவன்), p. 1315 · Tamil Lexicon, caravaṇam (சரவணம்), p. 1315 · Monier-Williams, śaravaṇa, p. 1056
Spellings
Saravanan · Saravana · Sharavanan