Pamba

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “The sacred Pamba river of Kerala”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Jhanvi — River Ganga, flowing and pure
• Reva — River Narmada, star
• Jahnavi — River Ganga, daughter of sage Jahnu
• Avani — Earth, world, river
• Meghna — The river Meghna; cloud-river of Bengal
• Janhavi — Daughter of Jahnu, river Ganga

More girls' names of Dravidian origin

• Nila — Blue, moon, river of moonlight
• Suma — Flower, blossom
• Nanma — Goodness, virtue, excellence
• Raji — Shining, glowing, Kerala traditional
• Komala — Tender, delicate, soft
• Nilambari — Blue sky, wearing blue sky

Where this comes from

Pamba 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.