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Tamil boy names
Tamil boy names in Tamil script, checked against the University of Madras Tamil Lexicon.
152 names: 139 for boys and 13 for both girls and boys. Meanings are checked in the Tamil Lexicon and Monier-Williams' Sanskrit–English Dictionary. A few to start: Azhagan ("handsome one"), Manickavasagam ("words like rubies") and Swaminathan ("Murugan, Shiva's teacher").
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"Wise" in popular use; from akilam, the whole world
Beautiful hill; Tamil aḻaku, "beauty", and kiri, "hill"
Lord of Ambika, a name of Shiva; also Kambar's son
"The immortal one"; from amutu, nectar; popularly "sweet like nectar"
King of love; Tamil aṉpu, "love", and aracaṉ, "king"
Handsome in love; Tamil aṉpu, "love", and aḻakaṉ, "handsome man"
Love
Gem of love; Tamil aṉpu, "love", and maṇi, "gem"
Beloved son; Tamil aṉpu, "love", and celvaṉ, "son, lord"
Elder brother and lord; Tamil aṇṇā and turai
Tiruvannamalai, Shiva's sacred hill; also Shiva himself
King, kingship; Tamil aracu
Nectar one never tires of; Vishnu at Kumbakonam
Wise and handsome; Tamil aṟivu, "knowledge", and aḻakaṉ
Knowledge, wisdom
King of good health; honours Our Lady of Good Health
"Grace", divine mercy and favour
Bliss of grace; Tamil aruḷ, "grace", and āṉantam, "bliss"
Words of grace; Tamil aruḷ, "grace", and moḻi, "word"
Treasure of grace; Tamil aruḷ, "grace", and niti, "treasure"
Six-faced, a name of Murugan
The red mountain; Arunachala, the sacred hill of Tiruvannamalai
Pre-eminent one; Tamil atiyaṉ, from Sanskrit adhika
Ayyanar, the guardian god of Tamil villages
Handsome one; Tamil aḻakaṉ, from aḻaku, "beauty"
Lord of beauty; Tamil aḻaku, "beauty", and īcaṉ, "lord"
Murugan as a child; bāla, "child", and Murugan
The child Subrahmanya, a name of Murugan
The star Bharani; also a Tamil genre of war poetry
A Chera king, of the ancient Tamil Chera dynasty
Chidambaram, Nataraja's shrine; Sanskrit cit + ambara, "sky of consciousness"
God is my help; Tamil for Lazarus
Crown of wealth; Sanskrit dhana, "wealth", and śekhara, "crest"
The god with a staff in hand, Murugan of Palani
Lord, chief; Tamil turai
Shiva of the single mango tree at Kanchipuram
"Beauty, grace"
Handsome one; from Tamil eḻil, "beauty"
King of beauty; Tamil eḻil, "beauty", and aracaṉ, "king"
Seven hills; the hills of Tirumala, home of Venkateswara
Light of wisdom; ñāṉam, "wisdom", and pirakācam, "radiance"
United with divine wisdom; after the saint Gnanasambandar
Crown of wisdom; jñāna, "wisdom", and śekhara, "crest"
Spear of wisdom, Murugan's vel; ñāṉam + vēl
Murugan, "the hidden one"; also Guha, Rama's friend
A man of virtuous character; Tamil kuṇacīlaṉ
Son of Harihara, a name of Ayyappan
Young prince
Prince, heir to the throne; Tamil iḷavaracaṉ
Joy, delight; sweetness
King of joy; Tamil iṉpam, "joy", and rājā, "king"
"Sweet, pleasant one", from Tamil inimai, sweetness
"Sacred Heart" in devotional use; Tamil irutayam "heart" + rāja "king"
Music, melody; Tamil icai
Isakki Amman, folk form of Durga; from Sanskrit yakṣī
"Victorious prince"; Sanskrit jaya, victory, with kumāra, son
"Rosary"; Tamil cepamālai, "prayer garland"
"King of prayer"; Tamil cepam "prayer" + rāja "king"
"Life"; Sanskrit jīva, a living being or soul
"King of the arts"; kalai, arts, with arasan, king
Shiva as the beautiful bridegroom; kalyāṇa with sundara
Lord Murugan; the Tamil form of Skanda
Lord Krishna; Tamil kaṇṇaṉ, from Prakrit Kaṇha
Karikala, the great Chola king; read as "charred leg"
Ray of light; also sunlight and an ear of grain
"The sun"; Tamil katiravaṉ, from katir, a ray of light
"Lord of light", a name of Murugan; katir with īcaṉ
"Radiant spear", Murugan's weapon; katir, light, with vēl, spear
Beauty, grace
"King of poets"; kavi, poet, with arasan, king
Murugan with his spear; kumaran, Skanda, with vēl, spear
Lord Murugan; kumaran, Skanda, with īcaṉ, lord
"Joy, gladness"
Shiva as the great linga; from Sanskrit mahā-liṅga
"Words like rubies"; the name of the saint Manikkavacakar
"Gem among the Pandyas"; mani, gem, with Maran
A title of the Pandya kings; also the saint Nammalvar
"Servant of Mary"; Mariya + Sanskrit dāsa
Devotional name for the goddess Mariamman; māri with appan
"Moon"; also "intellect, understanding"
"Wise person"; mati, intellect, with vanan, one who lives by
"Handsome as the moon"; mathi, moon, with azhagan, handsome one
"True lord"; Tamil mey, truth, with appan, father
"Friend"; also "the sun"; from Sanskrit mitra
"Cloud"
"Cloud"; the masculine form of mukil
Lord Murugan; from Tamil murugu, youth and beauty
Lord Murugan; muruga with īcaṉ, lord
"Threefold Tamil": literature, music and drama
"Pearl" with a respectful ending; muttu with aiyā
"Pearl"; Tamil muttu, from Sanskrit muktā
"Pearl prince"; muttu, pearl, with kumāra, son or Skanda
"Pearl" with "spear", a vēl name honouring Murugan
"Man of excellence"; also a title for God and saints
Krishna, the butter-lover; from Sanskrit navanīta, fresh butter
"The great Maran", a Pandya king and Shaiva saint
"Moon"
"Eternal" in popular use; Tamil nittilam, "pearl"
Pari, the Sangam chieftain famed for his generosity
Palani, Murugan's hill shrine; a devotional name
"Pandya king"; ruler of the ancient Pandya country
Krishna as Arjuna's charioteer; Sanskrit pārtha-sārathi
Lord Vishnu; literally "the great one"
"Golden hall", the shrine of Nataraja at Chidambaram
"Fame, glory"; also praise
"Bearer of fame"; the poet of the Nalavenba
King of kings, emperor
Shiva's linga at Rameswaram, set up by Rama
Lord Rama
Sun and moon
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