Given name & surname · also Tamil

Raghavan

Raghavan is a surname from Tamil, ultimately from Malayalam.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Raghavan comes from Tamil, and ultimately from Malayalam.

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How it developed

From Tamil ராகவன், from Malayalam രാഘവൻ.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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