157 Malayalam Baby Names With Meanings

Malayalam, a language with primordial sounds, displays a remarkable diversity through the variations in its vocabulary, distribution of phonological and grammatical elements, and intonation patterns. The names derived from a language as sonorous as Malayali has a wealth of meanings.

Malayali people follow a definite structure of baby name conventions. Unlike names in other parts of India, the first name is not the given name but the family name, followed by the father’s name, and then the given name. And in the British Malabar, the format is a family name, then the given name, followed by the caste and title name, that too, if applicable. The Malayali family names are mostly of obscure origin, but some may have geographical influences. A few Keralites or Malayalis also add the prefix of villages they come from or their mother’s names.

Another naming trend observed with the Malayalis is that they take the first two letters from the names of the parents and coin a unique name for their child.

Keeping the popularity of this genre in mind, MomJunction has compiled an exhaustive list of Malayali baby names with meanings. These names are sure to connect your kids to their roots.