What does the name Thiruvalluvar mean?

Thiruvalluvar means "Holy weaver, author of Thirukkural". It is a boy's name of Tamil origin.

Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar means Holy weaver, author of Thirukkural.

Gender	boy
Origin	Tamil
Language	Tamil
Starts with	T

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Holy weaver, author of Thirukkural”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Puneeth — Purified, holy, sacred
Pavithra — Sacred, pure, holy
Pavan — Wind, breeze, pure, holy
Puneet — Pure, holy, sacred
Thulasi — Holy basil plant, sacred to Vishnu
Tulasi — Sacred basil plant, holy plant of Vishnu

More boys' names of Tamil origin

Karthikeyan — Son of Krittika stars, Murugan
Murugan — Lord Murugan, youth
Kavi — Poet
Tharun — Young, tender
Aadhi — Beginning, the first
Iniyan — Sweet person

Where this comes from

Thiruvalluvar 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.