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Kumaran Family History

Kumaran Surname Meaning

Indian (Kerala Tamil Nadu): from a personal name derived from Sanskrit kumāra ‘boy son prince’ an epithet of the god Kārtikeya son of Shiva + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n.

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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