

The poets wanted those who read them to believe that they are part of the poem. None of the Akam poems (over 75% of Sangam literature is Akam) in Sangam have any names. Browse and see whether you find any words that can be used as names. Please go to and see Sangam Tamil poems with easy urai in Tamil and English. There are many names here which are modern and have ancient roots. It should be a matter of pride to have a Tamil name. Most Tamils don’t have Tamil names because of our different religions.

Most of these names are from Sangam Tamil words – Many ancient Tamil words have more than one meaning. The names in this list are from our ancient Sangam Tamil texts and also from the Dravidian Etymological Dictionary by Tamil scholars Burrow and Emeneau. It is the Sanskrit Shri adapted to Tamil. Please note that many scholars believe that Thiru is not Tamil.
