Kannagi
Kannagi means Chaste woman, heroine of Cilappatikaram.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Tamil |
| Language | Tamil |
| Starts with | K |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Chaste woman, heroine of Cilappatikaram”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Azra — Chaste, virgin, pure maiden
- Vira — Meanings families give: Brave woman, heroine, warrior; Courageous, warrior spirit
- Toral — Folk heroine, brave woman
- Shakuntala — Meanings families give: Bird, born of birds, classical heroine; Bird, Shakuntala of Kalidasa
- Sakuntala — Bird protected, heroine of Kalidasa
- Veerawali — Brave woman, warrior heroine
More girls' names of Tamil origin
Where this comes from
Kannagi 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.