Purushothaman
Purushothaman means Best among men, Vishnu.
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 “Best among men, Vishnu”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Purushottam — Meanings families give: Best among men, Vishnu; Supreme being, Jagannath title
- Uttam — Meanings families give: Best, highest and most excellent among all; Best, excellent, supreme; Best, highest, excellent; supreme one; Best, excellent; Best, the highest and most excellent
- Ravindra — Meanings families give: Lord of the sun, the great solar deity Surya; Lord of the sun; Sun among sages, great sun; Sun of suns, mighty sun
- Basavaraj — King among devotees of Basavanna
- Vijendra — Lord of victory, supreme champion among all beings
- Purushotam — Best among men, the supreme and perfect person
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Where this comes from
Purushothaman 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.