Aniyan

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Younger brother, beloved younger one”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Anuja — Younger sister
• Laxman — Younger brother of Rama
• Upendra — Younger brother of Indra, Vamana avatar
• Anuj — Younger brother, born after, younger sibling
• Nallathambi — Good younger brother
• Baladev — Lord Balabhadra, brother of Jagannath

More boys' names of Dravidian origin

• Kannan — Krishna, the dark one, beloved cowherd
• Biju — Victorious, modern Kerala name
• Babu — Beloved child, dear little one
• Lal — Beloved, red, darling
• Unni — Baby, young child, dear little one
• Murukan — Murugan, young warrior god, South Kerala form

Where this comes from

Aniyan 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.