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Karthikeyan Surname Meaning

Indian (Tamil Nadu): from a personal name derived from Sanskrit kārtikeya (meaning ‘one who gives courage’) + the Tamil third-person masculine singular suffix -n.

Kārtikeya is the name of the Tamil god of war.

— 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

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