Malayalam Surnames

From Perumbavoor town in Ernakulam

Of the great house, royal lineage of Cochin

Great carpenter, master craftsman title

Great garden, from 'perum' and 'thottam'

Great washerman, head of washerman guild

Writing stone, from 'ezhuthu' and 'thara'

Lover of horses, from Greek Philippos

Lover of horses, Syriac form of Philip

Noble child or offspring, a title of honor in K...

Temple servant, from 'pishaaram' meaning sacred

Broad church area, tharavad name

Golden hill, from 'pon' and 'kunnam'

Golden garden, from 'ponnu' and 'peruma'

From the golden river town

Gold, from 'ponnu' meaning precious

Golden field house

Golden rolling ground, geographic name

From the flower garden, from 'poo' meaning flower

Flower church, Nasrani tharavad name

Little one, a Nasrani Christian pet name

Temple servant, from 'pothu' meaning public

From the golden pond, geographic surname

Brahmin title, linked to Vedic scholarship

Small or humble, from Latin Paulus

Near the pond, from 'poyke' meaning pond

Radiant one, from 'prabha' meaning light

Joy, from Sanskrit 'pramoda'

Moon of love, from 'prema' and 'chandra'

Of the Pulaya community, field worker

Near the tamarind tree, geographic name

Tiger's fort, geographic tharavad name

Tiger fort, geographic tharavad name

Near the tamarind forest

Meritorious one, from 'punnya' meaning merit

Flower offerer in temple

From the new stone

Of the new house, a Nasrani family name

Of the new house, variant tharavad name

Of the new house, from 'puthu' and 'veedu'

New hill house, tharavad name

From the new place, from 'puthiya' meaning new

New church, from 'puthu' and 'palli'

Krishna of Radha, combining the divine couple

King among the best, royal title name

King of kings, from Sanskrit

Pleasing one, from Lord Rama

From Ranni town in Pathanamthitta

Sun lord, from 'ravi' meaning sun