What does the name Palanimurugan mean?

Palanimurugan means "Murugan of Palani hills". It is a boy's name of Tamil origin.

Palanimurugan

Palanimurugan means Murugan of Palani hills.

Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.

Gender	boy
Origin	Tamil
Language	Tamil
Starts with	P

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Murugan of Palani hills”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Palanisamy — God of Palani, Murugan
Palaniappan — Lord of Palani hill
Elumalai — Seven hills, Lord Venkateswara
Ezhumalai — Seven hills
Idukki — From Idukki hills, nature-inspired Kerala name
Karthikeyan — Meanings families give: Son of Krittika stars, Murugan; Son of the Pleiades, Lord Murugan

More boys' names of Tamil origin

Kavi — Poet
Tharun — Young, tender
Aadhi — Beginning, the first
Iniyan — Sweet person
Saravanan — Born in the reed forest, Murugan
Vetri — Victory

Where this comes from

Palanimurugan 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.