Velankanni
Velankanni means Radiant white light.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Tamil |
| Language | Tamil |
| Starts with | V |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Radiant white light”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Arjun — Meanings families give: Bright, shining, white; Bright, shining, the Pandava hero; Bright, shining, white, the Pandava hero; Bright, silver, the third Pandava; Bright, shining like silver and pure; Bright, shining, silver
- Siya — Meanings families give: Goddess Sita; Goddess Sita, white; Goddess Sita, pure white
- Gauri — Meanings families give: Fair, Goddess Parvati; White, fair complexioned, Goddess Parvati; Fair, white, goddess Parvati; Goddess Parvati, fair complexioned
- Hansika — Meanings families give: A little swan, graceful and white; Small swan; beautiful woman
- Gowri — Meanings families give: Fair one, Parvati; Goddess Parvati, fair complexioned; White, pure, Goddess Parvati
- Thushara — Snow, dew, white
More girls' names of Tamil origin
Where this comes from
Velankanni 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.