Ponnan

Names with a similar meaning

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

• Balamurugan — Young Murugan, child Murugan
• Balakrishnan — Young Krishna, child form of Krishna
• Balpinder — Child of the lord, young divine one
• Balasaheb — Respected child, young master
• Tinu — Modern Kerala pet name, beloved child
• Babu — Beloved child, dear little one

More boys' names of Dravidian origin

• Kannan — Krishna, the dark one, beloved cowherd
• Biju — Victorious, modern Kerala name
• Lal — Beloved, red, darling
• Unni — Baby, young child, dear little one
• Murukan — Murugan, young warrior god, South Kerala form
• Jiju — Modern Kerala pet name, beloved brother-in-law figure

Where this comes from

Ponnan 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.