Pulavar

Names with a similar meaning

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

• Ritvik — Meanings families give: Priest, scholar; Priest, one who performs rituals
• Vidushi — Learned woman, scholar
• Atreya — Meanings families give: Receptacle of glory, a sage and great scholar; Son of Atri, a sage
• Vibudh — Wise, learned and exceptionally intelligent scholar
• Ritvi — Priest, learned woman
• Farzana — Wise, learned; intelligent woman

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

Pulavar 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.