Tamil Submitted Surnames

BALAKRISHNAN     Indian, Tamil, Malayalam
From the given name Balakrishna.

CAVARAI     Indian, Tamil
Variant transcription of Kavarai.

CHANDRAN     Indian, Malayalam, Tamil
Derived from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá) meaning "glittering, shining" or "moon".

CHETTI     Indian, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil
Variant transcription of Chetty.

CHETTY     Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, denoting a trader.

CHOWDARY     Indian, Telugu, Tamil
Variant of Chaudhary used in Southern India.

DEVA     Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil
Derived from Sanskrit देव (devá) meaning "heavenly, divine" or "deity, god".

DEVI     Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Assamese, Telugu, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Odia
From Sanskrit देवी (devī́) meaning "goddess, female deity" (see the given name Devi). It is used as a surname by women who did not originally have a family name. In 2014, this was the second most common surname in the world and the most common in several Indian states.

GANDHI     Indian, Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil
Means "perfume seller", derived from Sanskrit गन्ध (gandha) meaning "odour, fragrance, perfume". Notable bearers include Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948), an Indian civil rights and independence leader, and Indira Gandhi (1917-1984), the first female Prime Minister of India.

GOPAL     Indian, Hindi, Odia, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, Punjabi
From the given name Gopal.

GOPALAKRISHNAN     Indian, Tamil, Malayalam
Combination of Gopala and Krishna.

KALLA     Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, meaning "priest".

KALLAN     Indian, Tamil
Alternate spelling of Kalla.

KANNAN     Indian, Tamil
From the given name Kannan, the Tamil variant of Krishna.

KAVARAI     Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, meaning "landowner".

KRISHNA     Indian, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada
From the given name Krishna.

KRISHNAN     Indian, Malayalam, Tamil
Derived from the given name Krishna, used in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

KUMARI     Indian, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Sinhalese, Pakistani
From the given name Kumari, the feminine form of Kumar. It is exclusively used by women.

LAKSHMI     Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi
From the given name Lakshmi, the name of a Hindu goddess.

MAHADEVAN     Indian, Tamil

NARAYANAN     Indian, Tamil, Malayalam
From the given name Narayanan. A famous bearer was Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1921–2005), the 10th President of India.

ODDA     Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, denoting agriculture, such as workers and laborers.

ODDAI     Indian, Tamil
Alternate spelling of Odda.

ODDAR     Indian, Tamil
Alternate spelling of Odda.

OPPARA     Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, denoting an agricultural occupation.

PADAIYACHI     Indian (Rare), Tamil (Rare)
Variant transcription of Padiachy.

PADIACHY     Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, denoting a footsoldier of the Palli caste.

PADMANABHAN     Tamil

PALLA     Indian, Tamil
Another form of Palli.

PALLAN     Indian, Tamil
Another form of Palli.

PALLI     Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, meaning "agricultural laborers".

PARAIYA     Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, denoting laborers in agriculture and/or industry. This is a surname belonging to Dalit, or "Untouchables," in the Hindu caste system.

PRASAD     Indian, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Odia, Kannada
From Sanskrit प्रसाद (prasadā) meaning "clearness, brightness, purity, graciousness", ultimately from प्रसद् (prasad) "to fall into the power of". In Hinduism and Sikhism, the term refers to a type of religious food... [more]

RADHAKRISHNAN     Indian, Tamil, Malayalam
Derived from Sanskrit राधा कृष्ण (rādhā-kṛṣṇa), a combination of Radha and Krishna. In Hinduism, this is the combination of both feminine and masculine aspects of God.

RAJ     Indian, Kashmiri, Punjabi, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Odia, Urdu, Nepali, Sinhalese
From Sanskrit राज (rāja) meaning "king, chief, sovereign", ultimately from राजन् (rājan) meaning "king, sovereign, prince, chief".

RAJA     Pakistani, Indian, Gujarati, Hindi, Tamil, Malaysian, Bengali, Urdu
Variant of Raj; also a South Asian title of Indian origin used to denote a prince or ruler.

RAJAN     Indian, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Malaysian
From the title Raja or Raj denoting a South Asian king or prince; mainly used in Southern India.

RAJU     Indian, Bengali, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Odia, Punjabi
Means "king" from Sanskrit राज (rāja) meaning "king, sovereign, chief".

RAM     Indian, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Kashmiri, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Indian (Sikh)
Derived from the given name Ram (2).

RAMACHANDRAN     Indian, Tamil, Malayalam
From the given name Ramachandran, a combination of Rama and Chandra.

RAMAKRISHNAN     Indian, Tamil
From the given name Ramakrishna. A notable bearer is Tamil-American structural biologist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952-).

RAMAMURTHY     Indian, Tamil
Derived from Sanskrit राम (rāma) meaning "pleasing, pleasant, charming" or "dark, black" (see Rama) combined with मूर्ति (mūrti) meaning "idol, icon".

RAMANATHAN     Indian, Tamil

REDDY     Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Odia
Derived from Telugu రెడ్డి (reḍḍi) meaning "village headman".

SHANKAR     Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
From the given name Shankar.

SRINIVASAN     Indian, Tamil
Tamil variant of Shrinivas.

SURESH     Indian, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada
From the given name Suresh.

UPPARA     Indian, Tamil
Another form of Oppara.

VELLALA     Indian, Tamil
It is a Tamil name, denoting agricultural laborers.

VELLALAN     Indian, Tamil
Alternate spelling of Vellala.

VENKATESH     Indian, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
Means "lord of Venkata", from Venkata, the name of a hill in southern India (see Venkata), combined with Sanskrit ईश (īśa) meaning "lord, master, husband" (see Isha).

WAPPARA     Indian, Tamil
Another form of Oppara.

WODDA     Indian, Tamil
Another form of Odda.

YEIEN     Malay, Tamil (?)