What does the name Aadhavan mean?

Aadhavan means "The sun". It is a boy's name of Tamil origin.

Aadhavan

Aadhavan means The sun.

Gender	boy
Origin	Tamil
Language	Tamil
Starts with	A

More boys' names of Tamil origin

Karthikeyan — Son of Krittika stars, Murugan
Murugan — Lord Murugan, youth
Kavi — Poet
Tharun — Young, tender
Aadhi — Beginning, the first
Iniyan — Sweet person

Where this comes from

Aadhavan 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.