Indian Names · Boy
Kumaran name meaning
“boy, son”
- Letters
- 7
- Syllables
- 3●●●
- First letter
- K
- Origin
- Sanskrit · Tamil
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Tamil scriptகுமரன்
Peak 1980s: 8.5%
of the boy top-10 totalJPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
of the boy top-10 total
| Decade | boy |
|---|---|
| 1940s | – |
| 1950s | – |
| 1960s | – |
| 1970s | 6.1% |
| 1980s | 8.5% |
| 1990s | – |
| 2000s | – |
| 2010s | – |
Kumaran is a male Tamil name, a form of Kumara from Sanskrit meaning 'boy, son'.
What does Kumaran mean?
About the name Kumaran
Kumaran is the Tamil form of Kumara, from Sanskrit kumāra meaning 'boy, son'. Kumara is also an epithet of Skanda, whom Tamil tradition knows as Murugan. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 1980s with 682 baby boys.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit, Tamil |
| Syllables | Ku-ma-ran |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with K |
| Tamil script | குமரன் |
|---|
Kumaran in official JPN data
- 1940s
- not in the top 10
- 1950s
- not in the top 10
- 1960s
- not in the top 10
- 1970s
- Boy: 622 · 6.1%
- 1980s
- Boy: 682 · 8.5%
- 1990s
- not in the top 10
- 2000s
- not in the top 10
- 2010s
- not in the top 10
Sources
- Behind the Name: Kumara · behindthename.com · meaning
- Wiktionary: Kumaran · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
More Indian Names starting with K
- Krishnan♂Dark, black
- Kumar♂Boy, son
- Kesavan♂An epithet of Vishnu and Krishna
- Kumaresan♂Lord Kumara
- Kavinesh♂
- Keshvinder♂
- Kabir♂Great
- Kadamban♂Murugan, wearer of the kadambu flower garland
- Kadhirvelan♂Murugan, bearer of the radiant spear
- Kailash♂Name of a sacred Himalayan mountain
- Kalidasa♂Servant of Kali
- Kalki♂
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