Tamil, Telugu, Kannada & Malayalam names

4 names from the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada & Malayalam naming tradition, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and how it is seen around the world.

MuruganBoyTamil for "young" or "beautiful one": the name of Murugan, the Tamil god of war, later merged with the pan-Indian deity…
NagendraBoySanskrit for "chief of serpents", joining nāga, "snake", with the god Indra's name used in its sense of "ruler".
NarasimhaBoySanskrit "man-lion", from nara, "man", and siṃha, "lion": an avatar of the god Vishnu, part man and part lion.
SubrahmanyaBoyBuilt from Sanskrit for "good" and a word for the sacred or a devout worshipper; used above all as another name of the…