Pillai

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Noble child, Nair community traditional name”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Zaildar — Village chief, leader of the community
• Gopalan — Cowherd community protector, guardian of Gokul village
• Raji — Shining, glowing, Kerala traditional
• Rosamma — Rose Mary, Kerala Christian traditional
• Ammini — Little mother, dear one, Kerala traditional
• Achamma — Mother, dear mother, Kerala traditional

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

Pillai 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.