Given name & surname · also Tamil

Shanmugam

Shanmugam is a masculine given name from Tamil, ultimately from Sanskrit.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Shanmugam comes from Tamil, and ultimately from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Tamil சண்முகம், from Sanskrit षण्मुख.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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