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Pillai (Tamil:) is a Tamil surname traditionally associated with the Vellalar community, a dominant agrarian and land-owning group in Tamil Nadu and northern Sri Lanka. [1] [2] The term Pillai is believed to have originated as an honorific title meaning "child" or "son," connoting nobility and respect. [3]
Pillai or Pillay, (IPA:) meaning "Child of King" (Prince) or "Child", [1] is a surname found among the Malayalam and Tamil-speaking people of India and Sri Lanka.. In Kerala, Pillai is the most common title among upper-caste Nairs, [2] [3] often bestowed by the ruling royal families of Kerala [3] and less commonly found among some Brahmins, [4] Nazrani Mappila and Marars of travancore.
Mudaliar (alternatively spelled: Muthaliar, Mudali, Muthali) is a Tamil title and surname. [1] As title, it was historically given to high-ranking officers, administrators and their descendants during the rule of Imperial Cholas. [2] [3] The surname is most prevalent among Tamils from Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.
The titles are given to certain individual of families in Kerala. Nair - Higher caste surname, encompassing several subcastes which includes High ranking martial castes like Pillai, Kurup, Unnithan, Menon, Nambiar, etc that formed the aristocracy and elite of traditional Kerala, which is also used by auxiliary, intermediate and middle-caste Nairs like Padamangalam Nair, Pallichan Nair, Vaniya ...
Pages in category "Tamil-language surnames" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Amritraj;
Tamil names usually follow this pattern: Initial (Village name) – Initial (Father's name) – First name – Surname (Example: M.G. Ramachandran, where the M stands for Marudhur, and G stands for Gopalan, the father's name. Another example is R. Karthik, where R stands for Ravichandran, the father's name).
Pages in category "Surnames of Indian origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,073 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Like the Telugu names, in general, the surname (mostly of a place, village, town etc.) is prevalent in the other Southern States too. For example, in Tamil Nadu : Arcot Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar, Chetput Pattabhiraman Ramaswami Iyer, Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayan(aswami), Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, Madurai Subramanian Swamy, etc.