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Neelakandan name meaning
“blue-throated”
- Letters
- 11
- Syllables
- 4●●●●
- First letter
- N
- Origin
- Sanskrit · Tamil
- Category
- Indian Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Tamil scriptநீலகண்டன்
Neelakandan is a male name from Sanskrit via Tamil meaning 'blue-throated'.
What does Neelakandan mean?
About the name Neelakandan
Neelakandan is an epithet of Shiva referring to his blue neck after swallowing the Halahala poison. It is formed from nīla 'blue' and kaṇṭha 'throat' with the Tamil masculine ending -an. Neelakandan and Neelagandan are romanization variants of the same name.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sanskrit, Tamil |
| Syllables | Nee-la-kan-dan |
| First letter | Indian Names starting with N |
| Tamil script | நீலகண்டன் |
|---|
Sources
- Wiktionary: நீலகண்டன் · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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