Karikalan

Meaning

the legendary early Chola king Karikala, celebrated in Sangam poetry and credited with the Kallanai, the ancient Kaveri dam still in use; traditionally read as "the man with the charred leg"

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Karikalan has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Names that fit alongside Karikalan

Karthikeyan Kamban Ramanujan Kural Vinícius Sekar

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