Kamban
Origin
Tamil
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
honors the medieval Tamil poet Kamban, author of the Kambaramayanam, the Tamil retelling of the Ramayana
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kamban has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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