What does the name Murali mean?

Murali means "Flute, Krishna with his flute". It is a boy's name of Telugu origin.

Murali

Murali means Flute, Krishna with his flute.

Gender	boy
Origin	Telugu
Language	Telugu
Starts with	M

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Flute, Krishna with his flute”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Vamsi — Flute, descendant
Vamsi Krishna — Krishna with his flute
Bansari — Flute; associated with Krishna
Muralikrishnan — Krishna the flute player, melodious divine
Venu — Flute, one who plays the flute like Krishna
Bansibai — Flute lady, beloved of Krishna

More boys' names of Telugu origin

Venkatesh — Lord of the Venkata hill
Srinivas — Abode of Lakshmi, Venkateswara
Venkata — Name of a hill, Venkateswara
Balaji — Lord Venkateswara, the young lord
Teja — Brilliance, radiance, strength
Chiranjeevi — Ever living, immortal

Where this comes from

Murali 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.