What does the name Murukan mean?

Murukan means "Murugan, young warrior god, South Kerala form". It is a boy's name of Dravidian origin.

Murukan

Murukan means Murugan, young warrior god, South Kerala form.

Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.

Gender	boy
Origin	Dravidian
Language	Malayalam
Starts with	M

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Murugan, young warrior god, South Kerala form”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Benjamin — From Biblical Hebrew, literally 'son of the right hand' (or 'son of the south')
Dakshinamurthi — Lord Shiva facing south, teacher
Karthikeyan — Meanings families give: Son of Krittika stars, Murugan; Son of the Pleiades, Lord Murugan
Murugan — Meanings families give: Lord Murugan, youth; Tamil god of war, the beautiful one; Young, divine war god of Tamils
Saravanan — Born in the reed forest, Murugan
Senthil — Meanings families give: Lord Murugan; Red, beautiful, Lord Murugan

More boys' names of Dravidian origin

Biju — Victorious, modern Kerala name
Babu — Beloved child, dear little one
Lal — Beloved, red, darling
Unni — Baby, young child, dear little one
Jiju — Modern Kerala pet name, beloved brother-in-law figure
Kuttan — Little one, beloved child, pet name in Kerala

Where this comes from

Murukan 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.