Selvan
Selvan means Wealthy, prosperous son.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Tamil |
| Language | Tamil |
| Starts with | S |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Wealthy, prosperous son”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Revathi — Meanings families give: Star Revati, prosperous; Prosperity, wealthy, last nakshatra; Prosperous, the last star, Apsara; A star, prosperity, wealth
- Selvi — Wealthy, prosperous daughter
- Dhanwant — Wealthy, possessor of abundance
- Srimanta — Wealthy, prosperous; of great fortune
- Chezhiyan — Prosperous, wealthy one
- Hamir — He who has gold, wealthy and prosperous king
More boys' names of Tamil origin
Where this comes from
Selvan 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.