Pedda

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Elder, great”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Ambika — Meanings families give: Mother, goddess Parvati, elder sister; Mother; a name of Goddess Parvati-Durga; Mother, goddess Parvati; Mother goddess, Parvati
• Balaram — Rama the strong, elder brother of Krishna
• Bhausaheb — Respected elder brother
• Dadasaheb — Respected elder, honored father figure
• Aiyan — Lord Shiva, the elder
• Sampati — Elder brother of Jatayu, a mighty bird in the Mahabharata

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
• Murukan — Murugan, young warrior god, South Kerala form
• Jiju — Modern Kerala pet name, beloved brother-in-law figure

Where this comes from

Pedda 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.