Given name & surname · also Tamil
Sundaram
Sundaram is a surname from Tamil, ultimately from Sanskrit.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sundaram goes back to Sanskrit सुन्दर, meaning “beautiful, handsome, lovely, charming, agreeable.”
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Where it comes from
Sundaram comes from Tamil, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Sundaram as a surname developed from సుందరం.
Sundaram’s family of names
In English usage, Sundaram as a surname developed from the Telugu form సుందరం.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sundaram
- S. BalachanderIndian musician (1927-1990)
- Sundaram VermaIndian Environmentalist and Agricultural Scientist
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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