Malayalam Name Generator

Full names from Kerala in every local pattern

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Generate Malayali full names from Kerala in the patterns families really use: Gopalakrishnan Nair, Anjali Sasidharan, Annamma Chacko, Moideen Koya, Anil Puthenpurayil and T. K. Sarojini.

About Malayalam names

Malayalam names come from Kerala, and most of them do not follow the given name plus surname model. Traditionally a Malayali has a given name and adds the father's name after it, as in Anjali Sasidharan, or the name of the family house, as in Anil Puthenpurayil. On paper the house name and the father's name usually shrink to initials placed in front: T. K. Sarojini. Some families also carry a community name such as Nair, Menon, Pillai, Kurup, Panicker, Nambiar or Varma.

Given names differ by tradition. Hindu men's names typically end in -an: Unnikrishnan, Raveendran, Sasidharan. Kerala's old Syrian Christian community uses Malayalam forms of biblical names, so George is Varghese, Matthew is Mathai, Jacob is Chacko, Joseph is Ouseph and Mary is Mariamma. Mappila Muslim names from the Malabar coast give Arabic names a local sound, as in Moideen, Pathumma and Kunhimuhammed, with Haji, Koya and Beevi as frequent second elements.

The 500 entries are full names in all of these patterns, including the affectionate -kutty forms (Georgekutty, Annakutty, Alikutty) and the Amma that older women add. No entry carries a community label. The combinations are for fiction, games and sample data, not records of real people, and the list has not been checked against any register.

How to choose Malayalam names

  • Choose the pattern before the name. A father's name after the given name (Sreejith Raveendran) is the everyday modern form, initials in front (N. P. Damodaran) suit official papers and older people, and a house name (Rajeev Kizhakkethil) points to family roots.
  • Match the given name to the generation. Ammini, Devaki, Karthyayani, Velayudhan and Kuttappan suit grandparents, Sasidharan, Muraleedharan, Geetha and Usha their children, and Akhil, Jithin, Athira and Aswathy people born from the 1990s on.
  • Keep the Kerala spellings. Sreedevi, Lekshmi, Revathy and Raveendran are written Sridevi, Lakshmi, Revathi and Ravindra elsewhere in India, and the local form is what makes the name read as Malayali.
  • House names mostly describe the house itself: Puthenpurayil is the new house, and Kizhakkethil, Thekkedath, Vadakkedath and Padinjarethil are the houses to the east, south, north and west. Unrelated families of every community share them.
  • For a village elder or a grandmother, add the respectful second word people would really use: Amma, Haji or Vaidyar, as in Sarojini Amma, Alavi Haji or Narayanan Vaidyar.

Frequently asked questions

Do Malayalis have surnames?

Traditionally there is no fixed inherited surname. A person has a given name and adds the father's name, the name of the family house or, in some families, a community name such as Nair, Menon or Pillai. That is why the list holds forms as different as Vishnu Gopalakrishnan, Mathew Thundiyil and Sandhya Nair.

What do the initials in a Malayalam name stand for?

Usually the house name and the father's name, in that order, placed before the given name. In a name like K. V. Devaki the person is called Devaki, and the two letters tell her family and her father apart from everyone else with that name. The list has about forty names in this form, among them T. K. Sarojini and C. T. Ouseph.

What are the Malayalam forms of biblical names?

Among Kerala's Syrian Christians, George became Varghese or Geevarghese, Matthew became Mathai, Jacob became Chacko, Joseph became Ouseph, Peter became Pathrose, Paul became Paulose and John became Yohannan. Women's names took the ending -amma, giving Mariamma for Mary, Annamma for Anna and Aleyamma for Elizabeth. In the list they appear as Mathai Varghese, Annamma Chacko and Aleyamma Kuruvilla.

What does -kutty mean in a Malayalam name?

Kutty means child. It began as an affectionate ending and long ago became part of formal names in every community, as in Georgekutty Varghese, Annakutty Mathai, Alikutty Haji and Lakshmikutty Warrier. Kunhi and Kunju in front of a name, as in Kunhimuhammed Haji or Kunjulakshmi Amma, mean little in the same fond way.

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A: 56 names

  • A. V. Karthyayani
  • A. V. Sivadasan
  • Abdulla Valiyakath
  • Abhijith Kesavan
  • Aboobacker Pallikkal
  • Abraham Kunnumpurath
  • Achamma Cherian
  • Achuthankutty Nair
  • Adarsh Mohanan
  • Ahammedkutty Haji
  • Ajith Kuttappan
  • Ajmal Saidalavi
  • Akhil Prabhakaran
  • Alavi Haji
  • Alavi Kutty
  • Aleena Varghese
  • Aleyamma Kuruvilla
  • Aleykutty Kurian
  • Aleykutty Varghese
  • Alikutty Haji
  • Alphonsa Ouseph
  • Amal Sukumaran
  • Ambika Varma
  • Ambili Kizhakkedath
  • Aminakutty Beevi
  • Ammukutty Amma
  • Ammukutty Menon
  • Anagha Premachandran
  • Ancy Devassy
  • Anil Panicker
  • Anil Puthenpurayil
  • Anjali Sasidharan
  • Annakutty Mathai
  • Annakutty Pathrose
  • Annamma Chacko
  • Anoop Divakaran
  • Antony Maliyekkal
  • Anwar Usman
  • Appukuttan Pillai
  • Appukutty Menon
  • Arathi Viswanathan
  • Aravind Menon
  • Arun Velayudhan
  • Asha Puthiyaveettil
  • Ashraf Kallingal
  • Ashraf Kunhammed
  • Asiya Hassan
  • Aswathy Divakaran
  • Aswin Madhavan
  • Athira Muraleedharan
  • Athul Raghavan
  • Avaran Kutty
  • Avirachan Mathai
  • Ayisha Beevi
  • Ayisha Hamza
  • Ayyappan Vaidyar

B: 17 names

  • Babu Thekkekara
  • Baby Markose
  • Babychan Paulose
  • Bapputty Haji
  • Basheer Parambil
  • Bavakutty Haji
  • Beefathima Umma
  • Beeran Haji
  • Beerankutty Musliyar
  • Bhargavi Amma
  • Bhaskaran Nair
  • Bhavani Amma
  • Biju Zachariah
  • Bindu Kumaran
  • Binu Eapen
  • Biyyathu Umma
  • Bushra Majeed

C: 10 names

  • C. K. Janaki
  • C. P. Sumathi
  • C. T. Ouseph
  • C. V. Ayyappan
  • Chacko Ouseph
  • Chackochan Lukose
  • Chandy Kuruvilla
  • Chellappan Pillai
  • Cherian Lukose
  • Chinnamma Devassy

D: 13 names

  • Dakshayani Amma
  • Damodaran Nambiar
  • Deepa Sasidharan
  • Deepu Gangadharan
  • Devaki Menon
  • Devassy Paulose
  • Devika Ayyappan
  • Dhanya Unnikrishnan
  • Dinesan Nambiar
  • Dinesan Puthiyapurayil
  • Dinesh Menon
  • Divya Balakrishnan
  • Dona Paulose

E: 7 names

  • E. K. Dinesan
  • E. K. Leela
  • Eapen Mathai
  • Easow Mathai
  • Eliamma Mathai
  • Elikutty Chacko
  • Elikutty Ouseph

F: 4 names

  • Faisal Kunhabdulla
  • Fathima Moideen
  • Fathima Puthiyakath
  • Francis Poovathingal

G: 20 names

  • Geetha Thekkethil
  • Geevarghese Pothen
  • George Kunnel
  • Georgekutty Varghese
  • Gireesh Devadas
  • Gireesh Warrier
  • Girija Kurup
  • Gokul Haridas
  • Gomathy Amma
  • Gopakumar Thampi
  • Gopala Panicker
  • Gopalakrishnan Nair
  • Gopalan Melethil
  • Gopalan Vaidyar
  • Gopalankutty Nair
  • Gopika Nair
  • Gopinathan Pillai
  • Gouri Antharjanam
  • Govindan Nambiar
  • Gracy Thoma

H: 8 names

  • Hamza Arakkal
  • Hamzakutty Haji
  • Hareesh Gopinathan
  • Hari Thekkedath
  • Harikrishnan Kurup
  • Haris Ismail
  • Hasna Yusuf
  • Hassan Koya

I: 6 names

  • Ibrahim Musliyar
  • Ibrahim Parambath
  • Idiculla Varghese
  • Indira Pillai
  • Irshad Mammu
  • Ismail Moulavi

J: 24 names

  • Jabir Moidu
  • Jacob Chirayil
  • Jaleel Hassan
  • Janaki Amma
  • Janardhanan Pillai
  • Jancy Lukose
  • Jaseela Moidu
  • Jasna Saidalavi
  • Jayasree Menon
  • Jayasree Warrier
  • Jayesh Suresan
  • Jessy Pothen
  • Jijo Scaria
  • Jishnu Radhakrishnan
  • Jithin Chandrasekharan
  • Jobin Varghese
  • John Pulikkal
  • Johnkutty Eapen
  • Johny Scaria
  • Jomon Varkey
  • Josekutty Mathai
  • Joseph Thottathil
  • Joy Pathrose
  • Jyothi Prabhakaran

K: 54 names

  • K. C. Pathrose
  • K. J. Mariamma
  • K. K. Rugmini
  • K. M. Khadeeja
  • K. N. Sarada
  • K. T. Narayani
  • K. V. Devaki
  • K. V. Kuttappan
  • Kabeer Pocker
  • Kalarikkal Sankaran
  • Kamalakshi Amma
  • Karthika Jayachandran
  • Kasim Haji
  • Kasim Koya
  • Kavitha Rajan
  • Kesavan Nair
  • Khadeeja Beevi
  • Khadeeja Ummer
  • Khadeejakutty Umma
  • Kiran Padmanabhan
  • Kizhakkethil Gopalan
  • Kochumol Cherian
  • Kochunarayanan Pillai
  • Kochurani Devassy
  • Kochuthresia Kurian
  • Koshy Philipose
  • Koyakutty Haji
  • Krishnan Asan
  • Krishnan Valiyaveettil
  • Krishnapriya Vasudevan
  • Kumaran Edathil
  • Kumaran Vaidyar
  • Kunhabdulla Haji
  • Kunhali Haji
  • Kunhamina Umma
  • Kunhikannan Nambiar
  • Kunhikoya Haji
  • Kunhikrishna Poduval
  • Kunhikrishnan Nambiar
  • Kunhimuhammed Haji
  • Kunhipathumma Beevi
  • Kunhiraman Kurup
  • Kunjachan Kuriakose
  • Kunjamma Pothen
  • Kunjikrishna Menon
  • Kunjulakshmi Amma
  • Kunjumon Pothen
  • Kunnath Madhavan
  • Kuriakose Chacko
  • Kurian Pallath
  • Kuruvilla Cherian
  • Kuttan Nair
  • Kuttappan Nair
  • Kuttiyamma Scaria

L: 14 names

  • Laila Usman
  • Lakshmi Kochuveettil
  • Lakshmikutty Warrier
  • Latha Menon
  • Latheef Kasim
  • Lathika Warrier
  • Leela Padinjarekara
  • Leelamma Scaria
  • Lekha Thampi
  • Lekshmi Muraleedharan
  • Lijo Devassy
  • Lincy Varkey
  • Lissy Chacko
  • Lukose Thoma

M: 37 names

  • M. C. Aleyamma
  • M. K. Bhargavi
  • M. P. Thankam
  • M. V. Chandrika
  • Madhava Kurup
  • Madhavan Thazhathuveettil
  • Madhavan Unnithan
  • Mahesh Sajeevan
  • Majeed Beeran
  • Malavika Sreekumar
  • Mammad Koya
  • Mammu Haji
  • Manju Sudhakaran
  • Manoj Sreedharan
  • Manoj Varma
  • Marakkar Haji
  • Mariakutty Thoma
  • Mariamkutty Pathrose
  • Mariamma Ouseph
  • Mariyam Beevi
  • Markose Pathrose
  • Mary Kochuparambil
  • Mathai Varghese
  • Mathew Thundiyil
  • Mathukutty Varkey
  • Mayinkutty Koya
  • Mercy Zachariah
  • Merin Kuriakose
  • Midhun Somasekharan
  • Mini Kizhakkekara
  • Mohanan Vadakkedath
  • Moideen Koya
  • Moideen Kunnummal
  • Moideenkutty Koya
  • Molly Cherian
  • Mumthas Rasheed
  • Muraleedharan Nair

N: 22 names

  • N. K. Madhavi
  • N. P. Damodaran
  • N. V. Kunhikannan
  • Nabeesa Beevi
  • Nabeesakutty Beevi
  • Nafeesa Alavi
  • Nafeesa Poolakkal
  • Nandana Govindan
  • Narayana Marar
  • Narayana Varma
  • Narayanan Kunnath
  • Narayanan Vaidyar
  • Narayanankutty Menon
  • Narayanankutty Nair
  • Narayani Amma
  • Neelakantan Namboothiri
  • Neethu Damodaran
  • Nikhil Sudhakaran
  • Ninan Kuruvilla
  • Nisha Raveendran
  • Nishad Aboobacker
  • Noushad Ibrahim

O: 4 names

  • Omanakuttan Pillai
  • Oommen Koshy
  • Ouseph Kurian
  • Ousephachan Devassy

P: 29 names

  • P. A. Pocker
  • P. J. Devassy
  • P. K. Meenakshi
  • P. M. Nabeesa
  • P. N. Thankappan
  • P. N. Vilasini
  • P. T. Annamma
  • P. V. Ammini
  • Padinjarethil Velayudhan
  • Padmavathy Amma
  • Pathrose Varkey
  • Pathumma Beevi
  • Pathummakutty Umma
  • Paulose Kuriakose
  • Pennamma Lukose
  • Philip Plamoottil
  • Philipkutty Koshy
  • Philipose Koshy
  • Pocker Haji
  • Ponnappan Pillai
  • Pothen Eapen
  • Prabhakaran Nair
  • Prabhakaran Pillai
  • Pradeep Menon
  • Pramod Parameswaran
  • Prasanth Vijayan
  • Praveen Surendran
  • Preetha Mohandas
  • Puthenpurayil Raghavan

R: 42 names

  • Radha Mangalath
  • Radhamani Nair
  • Radhika Puthenveettil
  • Raghava Kurup
  • Raghava Poduval
  • Raghavan Pillai
  • Rahelamma Koshy
  • Rahmath Bava
  • Raihanath Mammu
  • Rajan Thayyil
  • Rajani Dinesan
  • Rajasekharan Thampi
  • Rajeev Kizhakkethil
  • Rajesh Panicker
  • Ramachandra Kartha
  • Raman Ezhuthachan
  • Raman Namboothiri
  • Ramankutty Menon
  • Ramesh Padinjarethil
  • Ramla Beevi
  • Rasheed Alavi
  • Rasheed Chalil
  • Rasiya Khader
  • Ratheesh Soman
  • Raveendran Kaimal
  • Raveendran Nair
  • Reena Kuruvilla
  • Reji Ninan
  • Rekha Vadakkeveettil
  • Rema Menon
  • Remya Velayudhan
  • Renjith Gopalan
  • Reshma Karunakaran
  • Revathy Ramachandran
  • Riya Koshy
  • Riyas Moideen
  • Rohith Thankappan
  • Rosakutty Varkey
  • Rosamma Paulose
  • Rosily Ouseph
  • Roy Philipose
  • Rukhiya Aboobacker

S: 77 names

  • Sabira Kasim
  • Sabu Oommen
  • Safiya Beevi
  • Saidalavi Haji
  • Saidalavi Kutty
  • Sainaba Beevi
  • Sajeev Kumaran
  • Saji Kuruvilla
  • Sajna Ahammed
  • Sakkeer Abdulla
  • Salim Marakkar
  • Sandeep Ramakrishnan
  • Sandhya Nair
  • Sankara Panicker
  • Sankaran Asan
  • Sankarankutty Nair
  • Santhakumari Pillai
  • Santhosh Menon
  • Saramma Eapen
  • Sarath Padmanabhan
  • Saritha Ramadas
  • Sarojini Amma
  • Sarojini Naduvileveettil
  • Sasidharan Nair
  • Sasidharan Pillai
  • Sasidharan Unnithan
  • Satheesh Kunhikannan
  • Savithri Amma
  • Scaria Devassy
  • Sebastian Illikkal
  • Shabna Pocker
  • Shafeeq Ummer
  • Shahana Abdulla
  • Shahida Beeran
  • Shaji Idiculla
  • Shameer Hamza
  • Shamna Ismail
  • Shanavas Khader

S, continued

  • Sheeba Ninan
  • Sheeja Gopalan
  • Sherly Mathai
  • Shibu Koshy
  • Shiny Eapen
  • Shyamala Nambiar
  • Sidheeq Yusuf
  • Sijo Paulose
  • Simi Philipose
  • Sindhu Neelakantan
  • Siraj Ahammed
  • Smitha Kunhiraman
  • Sojan Lukose
  • Sooraj Narayanan
  • Sosamma Ninan
  • Soumya Unnikrishnan
  • Sreedevi Kurup
  • Sreedevi Panicker
  • Sreedevi Pisharody
  • Sreeja Damodaran
  • Sreeja Nambiar
  • Sreejith Raveendran
  • Sreekumar Warrier
  • Sreelakshmi Achuthan
  • Sruthi Gangadharan
  • Subaida Beevi
  • Subair Hamza
  • Subhadra Amma
  • Subramanian Namboothiri
  • Sudha Kaimal
  • Sudha Vadakkethil
  • Suhara Kunhammed
  • Suja Panicker
  • Sujith Bhaskaran
  • Sunil Puthenparambil
  • Sunitha Rajeevan
  • Suresh Kizhakkeveettil
  • Susamma Philipose
  • Swapna Pradeepan

T: 19 names

  • T. K. Sarojini
  • T. K. Velayudhan
  • T. M. Kuriakose
  • T. P. Appukuttan
  • T. P. Santha
  • T. V. Girija
  • Tessy Puthenpurackal
  • Thankamani Pillai
  • Thankamma Varkey
  • Tharian Chacko
  • Thekkedath Narayanan
  • Thomas Valiyaparambil
  • Thomaskutty Chacko
  • Thommachan Varkey
  • Thresiakutty Chacko
  • Thresiamma Kuriakose
  • Thressia Kurian
  • Tijo Kuriakose
  • Tomy Pothen

U: 10 names

  • Uma Antharjanam
  • Uma Varma
  • Ummukulsu Alavi
  • Unnikrishna Varma
  • Unnikrishnan Kalarikkal
  • Unnikrishnan Nedungadi
  • Usha Thekkeveettil
  • Usman Haji
  • Usman Koya
  • Usman Moulavi

V: 23 names

  • V. A. Pathumma
  • V. K. Gopinathan
  • V. K. Nalini
  • V. M. Saidalavi
  • V. P. Kalyani
  • Vadakkedath Kesavan
  • Vaisakh Sivadasan
  • Varghese Vadakkekara
  • Varkey Ouseph
  • Varsha Sankaran
  • Vasudevan Nambeesan
  • Vasudevan Potti
  • Velayudhan Nair
  • Velayudhan Pillai
  • Vidya Narayanan
  • Vijayan Kalathil
  • Vilasini Nair
  • Vinod Kurup
  • Vinod Padinjareveettil
  • Vipin Bhaskaran
  • Visalakshi Amma
  • Vishnu Gopalakrishnan
  • Vismaya Chandran

Y: 2 names

  • Yadhu Sivaraman
  • Yohannan Eapen

Z: 2 names

  • Zachariah Ninan
  • Zainaba Ibrahim