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Arumugam name meaning

“six-faced; a name of Murugan”

Letters
8
Syllables
4
First letter
A
Origin
Tamil · Sanskrit
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 1950s: 9.7%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s8.5%
1950s9.7%
1960s8.5%
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s–
2010s–

Indian Names: AMeaning faithTamil origin

Arumugam is a Tamil male name meaning 'six-faced', equivalent to Sanskrit ṣaṇmukha and a name of the deity Murugan.

What does Arumugam mean?

Six-faced; a name of Murugan

In Malay: berwajah enam; nama Murugan

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Sources (2)

About the name Arumugam

Arumugam (ஆறுமுகம்) is a Tamil name equivalent to Sanskrit ṣaṇmukha, from 'six' and 'face', meaning 'six-faced'. It is also a name of the deity Murugan or Skanda. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 1960s with 700 baby boys. JPN counts the first word of registered names.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginTamil, Sanskrit
SyllablesA-ru-mu-gam
First letterIndian Names starting with A
Tamil scriptஆறுமுகம்

Arumugam in official JPN data

1940s
Boy: 278 · 8.5%
1950s
Boy: 646 · 9.7%
1960s
Boy: 700 · 8.5%
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
not in the top 10
People registered with Arumugam as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Indian table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: षण्मुख (ṣaṇmukha) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Arumugam · en.wiktionary.org · origin

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