109 Tamil Boy Names with Meanings

Every Tamil boy name below comes with its meaning or origin — and 55 of the 109 names include the native spelling, drawn from Wikipedia. Jump to a letter, or play the duel game: choose between two names at a time until your personal top 10 remains.

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Tamil boy names starting with A

AdithanAdithan is an Indian (Tamil) male given name, an alternative form of Aditya. Notable people with the name include: R.
AlaguveluஅழகAlaguvelu (Tamil: அழகுவேலு) is a Tamil patronymic surname and masculine given name. Notable people with the surname include: K.
AnandasangareeஆனநதசஙகரAnandasangaree (Tamil: ஆனந்தசங்கரி, romanized: Āṉantacaṅkari) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames, it may also be a surname for males and females.
AnanthanAnanthan is a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: Garggi Ananthan, Indian actress and theatre artist working in Malayalam cinema and theatre Kumari Ananthan (1933–2025), Indian politician, leader of the Tamil Nadu Congress…
AnbalaganஅனபழகனAnbalagan (Tamil: அன்பழகன்) is a Tamil patronymic surname and masculine given name. Notable people with the surname include: G.
AnbazhaganஅனபழகனAnbazhagan (Tamil: அன்பழகன்) is a Tamil patronymic surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: J.
AnbilஅனபAnbil (Tamil: அன்பில்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
AnnaduraiஅணணAnnadurai (Tamil: அண்ணாதுரை) is a Tamil patronymic surname and masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: C.
ArumugamArumugam or Arumukan is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
ArunachalamஅரArunachalam (Tamil: அருணாசலம், romanized: Aruṇācalam) or Arunachala (Tamil: அருணாசல, romanized: Aruṇācala) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.

Tamil boy names starting with B

BalajiBalaji may refer to:
BalasingamபBalasingam or Balasingham (Tamil: பாலசிங்கம்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
BalasubramaniamபBalasubramaniam or Balasubramanian (Telugu: బాలసుబ్రహ్మణ్యం; Tamil: பாலசுப்ரமணியம்; Kannada: ಬಾಲಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯಂ; Malayalam: ബാലസുബ്രഹ്മണ്യം) is a male given name in South India and Sri Lanka.
BhaskaranBhaskaran is a Tamil and Malayali masculine given name or a patronymic surname with its origin in Sanskrit meaning "the sun." Notable people with the surname include: Bhaskaran Ramprakash (born 1966), Indian cricketer K.

Tamil boy names starting with C

ChelvanayakamசChelvanayakam or Selvanayagam (Tamil: செல்வநாயகம்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
ChockalingamChockalingam is a given name and surname of Tamil origin. Notable people with the name include: G.

Tamil boy names starting with D

DevanandaDevananda is a name or surname. Notable people with the surname include: Douglas Devananda (born 1957), Sri Lankan politician Devananda Bharali (1883–1972), Indian linguist, writer, translator, and dramatist Sri Devananda College, College in Sri Lanka
DharmalingamDharmalingam may refer to Anbil P. Dharmalingam (active from 1962), Indian politician Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute in Navalurkottapattu near Tiruchirappalli K.
DhinakaranDhinakaran or Dinakaran is a given name or surname, which may refer to: D. G.
DuraisamyDuraisamy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (born 1924), Indian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church B.

Tamil boy names starting with E

ElangovanElangovan is a given name or surname, which may refer to: E. V.

Tamil boy names starting with G

GanesanகணGanesan or Ganeshan (Tamil: கணேசன், romanized: Kaṇēcaṉ) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames, it may also be a surname for males and females.
GaneshamoorthyகணGaneshamoorthy (Tamil: கணேசமூர்த்தி, romanized: Kaṇēcamūrtti), also romanized Ganesamoorthy, Ganeshamurthi or Ganesamurthi, is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames, it may also be a surname for males and females.
GopinathanGopinathan is a name which was used in Southern States of India like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in the 1950s and 1960s among the progressive Hindu families.

Tamil boy names starting with I

IrudayarajஇரIrudayaraj or Iruthayaraj (Tamil: இருதயராஜ்) is a Tamil Christian surname and masculine given name meaning Sacred Heart. It is most commonly found in Tamil Nadu state in South India.

Tamil boy names starting with J

JayarajஜJayaraj or Jeyaraj (Tamil: ஜெயராஜ்' Malayalam: ജയരാജ്) is a South Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
JayaramJayaram is an Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
JayaramanJayaraman is a South Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.

Tamil boy names starting with K

KadirgamarKadirgamar is a Sri Lankan surname. Notable people with the surname include: Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932–2005), Sri Lankan lawyer Samuel Kadirgamar I, Ceylonese proctor Sam Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan lawyer Silan Kadirgamar (1934–2015), Sri Lankan Tamil academic,…
KanagaratnamகனகரததKanagaratnam or Canagaratnam (Tamil: கனகரத்தினம்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames, it may also be a surname for males and females.
KanagasabaiகனகசபKanagasabai (Tamil: கனகசபை) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
KandiahகநதKandiah (Tamil: கந்தையா) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for men and women.
KannanகணணனKannan (Tamil: கண்ணன்) (Malayalam: കണ്ണൻ) is a Tamil and Malayalam male given name. Due to a Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames, it may also be a surname for males and females.
KarunakaranKarunakaran may refer to: K. Karunakaran (1918–2010), Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress (INC) Dr.
KavinகவKavin (/kəvɪn/)(Tamil கவின்) is a unisex given name, which is Tamil for "beauty", "grace", "fairness" or "comeliness". Notable people with the name include:
KeeranசKeeran is a male given name of Tamil origin. In ancient Tamil (Centamil, செந்தமிழ்), Keeran (கீரன்) means 'stands by his principles' in context of persons.
KrishnapillaiKrishnapillai is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: G.
KulasekharaKulasekhara (Sinhala: කුලසේකර; also transliterated as Kulachekara in Tamil and early Malayalam), meaning "Head-Ornament of the Race", is a South Asian male name, used both as a given name and a last name.
KumaranKumaran is a surname. People with the surname include: Dharshan Kumaran (born 1975), an English chess grandmaster I.
KumaraswamyகKumaraswamy or Coomaraswamy or Kumarasamy (Tamil: குமாரசுவாமி; Kannada: ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ) is a South Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.

Tamil boy names starting with L

LakshmanLakshman or Laxman is a common Hindu name, most commonly used as a masculine given name. It derives from Lakshmana, the character of the Ramayana epic.
LoganathanலLoganathan (Tamil: லோகநாதன்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.

Tamil boy names starting with M

MaheswaranமகMaheswaran (Tamil: மகேஸ்வரன், romanized: Makēsvaraṉ) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
MurthyMurthy, Murthi, Murty, Murti or Moorthy, or similar variants, is a name from the South Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana. It is found commonly amongst Brahmins as a personal name or surname.
MuthulingamMuthulingam may refer to: Muthulingam (poet) (born 1942), Indian poet and songwriter Muthulingam Kasiraj, Indian doctor Appadurai Muttulingam, Sri Lankan Tamil author and essayist

Tamil boy names starting with N

NadarajahநடரNadarajah or Natarajan (Tamil: நடராஜா, Telugu: నటరాజ) is a South Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
NadesanநடNadesan or Natesan (Tamil: நடேசன்) is a South Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames, it may also be a surname for males and females.
NagalingamநNagalingam (Tamil: நாகலிங்கம்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
NagarajNagaraj, Nagraj or Nagaraja or Nagarajan is a male Indian given name and Indian surname. It originates in the Sanskrit: नागराज nagaraja 'king of the nāgas'.
NallathambiநலலதமபNallathambi (Tamil: நல்லதம்பி) is a Tamil male given name. could refer to any of the following:
NarendranNarendran may refer to T. V.
NavaratnamநவரததNavaratnam (Tamil: நவரத்தினம்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
NayagamNayagam may refer to: S. M.

Tamil boy names starting with P

PalanivelபழனPalanivel (Tamil: பழனிவேல், romanized: Paḻaṉivēl) or Palanivelu (Tamil: பழனிவேல்லு, romanized: Paḻaṉivēlu) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
PathmanathanபதமநPathmanathan (Tamil: பத்மநாதன்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
PerumalபPerumal (Tamil: பெருமாள்) is a Tamil surname and masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: A.
PonPon is a surname in various cultures
PonnambalamபPonnambalam or Ponnampalam (Tamil: பொன்னம்பலம்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
PonniahPonniah is a Tamil surname. From Tamil pon- ‘gold’ + -aiah an honorific suffix meaning ‘father’.
PrabhakaranபPrabhakaran or Prabakaran (Tamil: பிரபாகரன்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.

Tamil boy names starting with R

RadhakrishnanRadhakrishnan, also spelt Rathakrishnan, is a common Indian given name.
RaghavanRaghavan is a South Indian name. It derives from the Sanskrit raghava, meaning "derived from Raghu" or "descendant of Raghu" (an epithet of the Hindu god Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu), plus the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n.
RajaduraiரRajadurai or Rajathurai (Tamil: ராஜதுரை) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
RajaratnamரRajaratnam (Tamil: ராஜரத்தினம், romanized: Rājarattiṉam; Kannada: ರಾಜರತ್ನಂ) is a South Indian and Sri Lankan male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
RamachandranThe Tamil and Malayali name Ramachandran may refer to: A. Ramachandran (1935–2024), an Indian painter A.
RamaiahRamaiah or Ramayya is an Indian name. Notable people with the name include: Chukka Ramaiah (born 1925), Indian educationist Relangi Venkata Ramaiah (1910–1975), Indian actor, comedian, and producer M.
RamalingamரRamalingam (Tamil: ராமலிங்கம்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
RamanathanரRamanathan (Tamil: ராமநாதன்) is a South Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
RamasamyஇரRamasamy (Tamil: இராமசாமி, romanized: Irāmacāmi) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames, it may also be a surname for males and females.
RameshRamesh is a male given name among Indians and Nepalese. It is a contraction of a Sanskrit epithet of Vishnu, Ramesha (Rameśa), which is a conjugation of Ramā, another name of Lakshmi, and Īśa, which means power or lord.
RanganathanRanganathan is a South Indian surname. It is derived from the Sanskrit name Ranganatha, which is the name of the Hindu god Vishnu, as depicted resting on the nāga Shesha.
RatnamRatnam may refer to
RomeshRomesh may refer to: Romesh Batra, Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia Romesh Bhandari (1928–2013), Indian Foreign Secretary, former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Andaman…

Tamil boy names starting with S

SaravananSaravanan is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames, it may also be a surname for males and females.
SatyamurthyசததSatyamurthy (Tamil: சத்தியமூர்த்தி; Telugu: సత్యమూర్తి), also variously romanized as Satyamoorthy, Satyamurthi, Satyamurti, Sathyamurthy and other variants, is a Tamil and Telugu masculine given name and surname, meaning "manifestation of the Truth" (compare…
SelvaduraiசSelvadurai (Tamil: செல்வதுரை) is a masculine given name or a surname. The name "Selvadurai" means "prosperous leader".
SelvamSelvam may refer to:
SelvarajahSelvarajah may refer to Nadarajah Selvarajah, Sri Lankan Tamil writer Selvarasa Pathmanathan, Tamil rebel also known as Selvarajah Pathmanathan. Selvarajah Yogachandran, Tamil rebel known as Kuttimani Selvarajah Rajivarnam, Sri Lankan Tamil journalist.
SelvarasaசSelvarasa (Tamil: செல்வராசா) is a Tamil-language name that can be used as a given name or surname. Notable people with the name include: P.
SelvaratnamSelvaratnam may refer to Daniel Selvaratnam Thiagarajah, Sri Lankan Tamil bishop. Karu Selvaratnam, Malaysian sprinter.
SenathirajahSenathirajah may refer to: S. Jeyanandamoorthy (born 1965), a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former member of parliament Mavai Senathirajah (1942–2025), a Sri Lankan Tamil politician
ShanmugalingamசணமShanmugalingam (Tamil: சண்முகலிங்கம்) is a surname and given name, commonly used in Sri Lanka. Notable people with the name include: Surname: Kulanthai Shanmugalingam (1931–2025), Sri Lankan Tamil theatre artist and playwright N.
ShanmugamசணமShanmugam (Tamil: சண்முகம், romanized: Caṇmukam) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
ShanmuganathanShanmuganathan may refer to Shanmuganathan Ravishankar, LTTE Head of Intelligence Kuhan Shanmuganathan, Malaysian field hockey player S. Shanmuganathan (Sri Lankan politician) V.
SivanandanசSivanandan (Tamil: சிவானந்தன், romanized: Civāṉantaṉ) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames, it may also be a surname for males and females.
SivanesanSivanesan is a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name: Sivanesan Achalingam (born 1956), Malaysian politician Surname: Kandiah Sivanesan, Sri Lankan Tamil politician and provincial minister Kiddinan Sivanesan (1957–2008),…
SivapalanசSivapalan (Tamil: சிவபாலன்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
SivasubramaniamSivasubramaniam is a Tamil name and may refer to Sivasubramaniam Raveendranath, Sri Lankan Tamil academic Sivasubramaniam Kathiravelupillai, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician Sivasubramaniam Pathmanathan, Sri Lankan Tamil historian V.
SomasundaramசSomasundaram or Somasundaran (Tamil: சோமசுந்தரம், romanized: Cōmacuntaram) is a male given name in South India and Sri Lanka. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
SubramaniamசSubramaniam, Subrahmaniam, Subramaniam or Subramanian (Tamil: சுப்பிரமணியம்; Telugu: సుబ్రహ్మణ్యం) is a South Indian male given name. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
SurendranSurendran is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name: Surendran Nair (born 1956), Indian artist V.
SureshSuresh is an Indian masculine given name originating in the Sanskrit word sureśa (compound of sura and īśa). Its meaning is "Ruler of Gods" and it has been used an epithet for the Hindu gods Indra, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

Tamil boy names starting with T

ThambiahதமபThambiah (Tamil: தம்பையா) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
ThangaduraiThangadurai or Thangathurai (Tamil: Taṅkatturai) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
ThangavelதஙகவThangavel (Tamil: தங்கவேல், romanized: Taṅkavēl) or Thangavelu (Tamil: தங்கவேலு, romanized: Taṅkavēlu) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
ThiagarajahதThiagarajah or Thiyagarajah (Tamil: தியாகராஜா, romanized: Tiyākarājā) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
ThondamanThondaman may refer to: Arumugam Thondaman (born 1964), Cabinet Minister of Livestock and Rural Community Development in Sri Lanka Jeevan Thondaman (born 1994), Sri Lankan politician Ramamirda Thondaman, Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative…
ThurairajahதThurairajah or Thurairaja (Tamil: துரைராஜா, romanized: Turairājā) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.

Tamil boy names starting with V

VaidyanathanவVaidyanathan or Vaithianathan (Tamil: வைத்தியநாதன்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
VaratharajahVaratharajah is a name. People with the name include: Varatharajah Thurairajah Senthuran Varatharajah Annamalai Varatharajah Perumal
VelupillaiவVelupillai or Veluppillai(Tamil: வேலுப்பிள்ளை) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
VignarajahVignarajah is a given name. Notable people with the name include: K.
VigneswaranVigneswaran is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames, it may also be a surname for males and females.
VinayagamoorthyVinayagamoorthy is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: A.
VishwanathVishwanath (also spelt Viswanath, Vishvanath, Viswanatha, Visvanatha, Viswanathan, Vishwanathan) is an Indian deity name, surname and given name.
ViswanathanவViswanathan (Tamil: விசுவநாதன், romanized: Vicuvanātaṉ; Malayalam: വിശ്വനാഥൻ, romanized: Viśvanāthan) is a male given name in South India and Sri Lanka.
VisweswaranVisweswaran is a Tamil surname and given name. Notable people with the surname include: Chitra Visweswaran (born 1950), Indian dancer R.

Tamil boy names starting with Y

YoganathanயYoganathan (Tamil: யோகநாதன்) is a Tamil patronymic surname and masculine given name. Notable people with the surname include: M.
YogeswaranYogeswaran is a Tamil given name and surname, a variant of Yogeshwara. Notable people with the name include: Manickam Yogeswaran (born 1959), Sri Lankan Tamil musician Sarojini Yogeswaran, Sri Lankan politician S.

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Frequently asked questions

How many Tamil boy names are in this list?

This list has 109 Tamil boy names, from Adithan to Yogeswaran, and 55 of them include the native spelling. Every entry comes with its meaning or origin, sourced from Wikipedia.

What are some well-known Tamil boy names?

Well-documented Tamil boy names include Sivanesan, Vishwanath, Romesh, Ananthan and Satyamurthy. Scroll the list above for the meaning and origin of each one.

How do I choose the best Tamil boy name?

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