Saravanan Family History

Saravanan Surname Meaning

Indian (Tamil Nadu): from a Tamil personal name meaning ‘the one disintegrated by arrow’ an epithet of the god Kartikeya son of Shiva.

— Note: Since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames this name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Narayanan, Narayan, Ramadan, Karmann, Jayaraman, Nagarajan, Natarajan, Arana, Arakawa, Carvajal

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