What does the name Avvai mean?

Avvai means "Respected grandmother, wise woman". It is a girl's name of Tamil origin.

Avvai

Avvai means Respected grandmother, wise woman.

Gender	girl
Origin	Tamil
Language	Tamil
Starts with	A

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Respected grandmother, wise woman”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Arya — Noble, respected, Goddess Parvati
Anchitha — Worshipped, respected, honoured
Sahib — Lord, master and respected one
Mahitha — Honoured, respected, great
Balasaheb — Respected child, young master
Bhausaheb — Respected elder brother

More girls' names of Tamil origin

Meenakshi — Fish-eyed goddess, Parvati of Madurai
Oviya — Artist, beautiful
Abirami — Goddess Lakshmi
Nandhini — Joyful girl, daughter of joy
Anandhi — Blissful
Isai — Music

Where this comes from

Avvai 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.