Entry № 1111 · Tamil origin

Avvaiyar Avvaiyar — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AHV-vai-yar /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Tamil
Meaning
"Tamil poet-sage (revered grandmother)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Tamil)

A name that means "tamil poet-sage (revered grandmother)".

Avvaiyar (ஔவையார்) means "revered grandmother" in Tamil. 1st-3rd c. CE) was an itinerant Tamil bard who composed didactic verses for children that are still memorized.

Tamil poet-sage (revered grandmother) — a Tamil name.

The name in its native script.

ஔவையார்
Transliteration
Auvaiyār
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑːv.vaɪ.jɑːr /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Avvaiyar stands.

Avvaiyar does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Avvaiyars before her.

Real people
Avvaiyar I
Sangam-era Tamil poet.
c. 1st-3rd c. CE
Avvaiyar II
Medieval Tamil moral poet.
10th c.
In fiction
Avvaiyar
Subject of many Tamil films.

Names connected to Avvaiyar.

The number behind Avvaiyar.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Avvaiyar reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.