Sijo

Names with a similar meaning

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

• Meghna — Meanings families give: River, clouds, rain bearer; The river Meghna; cloud-river of Bengal
• Gadadhar — Bearer of the mace, Vishnu/Jagannath
• Vedprakash — Meanings families give: Light of the Vedas, illuminating through sacred scripture; Light of the Vedas, knowledge bearer
• Chakradhar — Bearer of the chakra, Vishnu
• Namdhari — Bearer of God's name, one who takes the name
• Kaldhar — Bearer of arts, one who carries the tradition

More boys' names of Malayalam origin

• Mohammed — Praised, the Prophet; prominent Mappila name
• Mathew — Gift of God, prominent Kerala Christian name
• Thomas — Twin, Kerala Syrian Christian foremost name
• Joseph — God increases, prominent Kerala Christian name
• Jose — God will add, popular Kerala Latin Christian name
• Unnikrishnan — Meanings families give: Young Krishna; Baby Krishna, infant form of the divine

Where this comes from

Sijo 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.