Indian Names · Girl
Nagamah name meaning
“the cobra goddess”
- Letters
- 7
- Syllables
- 3●●●
- First letter
- N
- Origin
- Tamil
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♀ Girl
- Tamil scriptநாகம்மா
Peak 1950s: 5.4%
of the girl top-10 totalJPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
of the girl top-10 total
| Decade | girl |
|---|---|
| 1940s | – |
| 1950s | 5.4% |
| 1960s | – |
| 1970s | – |
| 1980s | – |
| 1990s | – |
| 2000s | – |
| 2010s | – |
Nagamah is a Tamil girl's name (நாகம்மா) meaning 'the cobra goddess', from nākam 'cobra' and ammā 'mother'.
What does Nagamah mean?
About the name Nagamah
Nagamah is a spelling of nākammā (நாகம்மா). The University of Madras Tamil Lexicon explains it as nākam 'cobra' plus ammā 'mother', another name for Nākatēvi, the cobra considered as a goddess. According to JPN, the name peaked in the 1950s with 308 baby girls.
| Gender | ♀ Girl |
|---|---|
| Origin | Tamil |
| Syllables | Na-ga-mah |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with N |
| Tamil script | நாகம்மா |
|---|
Nagamah in official JPN data
- 1940s
- not in the top 10
- 1950s
- Girl: 308 · 5.4%
- 1960s
- not in the top 10
- 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
Sources
- Tamil Lexicon: நாகம், நாகம்மா · dsal.uchicago.edu · meaning
- Tamil Lexicon: நாகதேவி · dsal.uchicago.edu · meaning
- Wiktionary: அம்மா · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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