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Supramaniam name meaning

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

Letters
11
Syllables
5
First letter
S
Category
Indian Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 1940s: 5%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Indian table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s5%
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s–
2010s–

Indian Names: SMeaning faithTamil origin

Supramaniam is a variant spelling of Subramaniam, a Tamil boy's name meaning 'good devout worshipper'.

What does Supramaniam 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

Sources (2)

About the name Supramaniam

Supramaniam is a variant spelling of Subramaniam, the Tamil form of Subrahmanya, from Sanskrit su, 'good', and brahman, 'devout worshipper'. Subrahmanya is another name of the god Skanda. According to JPN, 163 baby boys were given the name in the 1940s.

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

Supramaniam in official JPN data

1940s
Boy: 163 · 5%
1950s
not in the top 10
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
People registered with Supramaniam 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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