Thiruvalluvar
Thiruvalluvar means Holy weaver, author of Thirukkural.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Tamil |
| Language | Tamil |
| Starts with | T |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Holy weaver, author of Thirukkural”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Kavya — a poem, poetical composition with a coherent plot by a single author (opposed to an Itihāsa)
- Nakul — of a physician (author of a wk. on horses)
- Pranav — Meanings families give: Sacred syllable Om; The sacred syllable Om, the cosmic sound of creation; Sacred Om syllable; Sacred syllable Om, life force; Sacred syllable Om, holy sound
- Puneeth — Purified, holy, sacred
- Rishi — Meanings families give: Sage, wise one; Sage, a holy seer who perceives divine truth; Sage, seer, enlightened one; Ancient sage, wise one
- Vrinda — Meanings families give: Goddess Radha, tulsi plant, holy basil; Holy basil, Goddess Radha; Holy basil, Tulsi, a form of Radha; Tulsi plant; Radha; group of girls; Tulsi plant, Radha; Tulsi plant, devoted, goddess Radha
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Where this comes from
Thiruvalluvar 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.