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Subramaniam name meaning

“su (good) + brahman (devout worshipper); a name of the god Skanda”

Letters
11
Syllables
5
First letter
S
Origin
Tamil · Sanskrit
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 1950s: 27.7%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s25.5%
1950s27.7%
1960s22.4%
1970s10%
1980s–
1990s–
2000s–
2010s–

Indian Names: SMeaning faithTamil origin

Subramaniam is a Tamil boy's name from Subrahmanya, a name of the god Skanda, meaning 'good devout worshipper'.

What does Subramaniam mean?

Su (good) + brahman (devout worshipper); a name of the god Skanda

In Malay: su (baik) + brahman (penyembah yang taat); nama lain bagi Dewa Skanda

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Sources (2)

About the name Subramaniam

Subramaniam is the Tamil form of Subrahmanya, from Sanskrit su, 'good', and brahman, 'devout worshipper'. Subrahmanya is another name of the Hindu god Skanda. Subramanian is a variant spelling. According to JPN, it peaked in the 1950s with 1,855 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginTamil, Sanskrit
SyllablesSub-ra-ma-ni-am
First letterIndian Names starting with S
Tamil scriptசுப்பிரமணியம்

Subramaniam in official JPN data

1940s
Boy: 830 · 25.5%
1950s
Boy: 1,855 · 27.7%
1960s
Boy: 1,850 · 22.4%
1970s
Boy: 1,022 · 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 Subramaniam 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. Behind the Name: Subramaniam · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Subrahmanya · behindthename.com · meaning

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