Ayyanar
Ayyanar means Guardian deity, protector.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Tamil |
| Language | Tamil |
| Starts with | A |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Guardian deity, protector”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Aditya — Meanings families give: Sun, belonging to Aditi; Son of Aditi, the sun; Sun, son of Aditi, solar deity
- Jagannath — Meanings families give: Lord of the universe, presiding deity of Puri; Lord of the universe, master of all
- Varun — Meanings families give: Lord of the water; God of water, the Vedic deity of oceans and rains; God of water, sea; Water god, ocean, rain
- Ganesh — Meanings families give: Lord of all beings, elephant-headed god of wisdom; Lord of ganas, elephant god; Lord of all beings, elephant-headed god; Lord of hosts, elephant-headed deity
- Darshan — Meanings families give: Vision, philosophy; Sight, vision; Vision, the blessing of seeing a deity or holy person; Vision, divine sight, beholding; Vision, sight, philosophy; sight of God; Divine vision, sacred sight of the Lord
- Prasad — Meanings families give: Blessed offering, gift from a deity to a devotee; Divine blessing, clarity; Grace, offering to god, clarity; Divine grace, blessed offering
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Where this comes from
Ayyanar has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.