Kundhavai
Meaning
name of the celebrated 10th-century Chola princess Kundavai, sister of Rajaraja Chola; meaning uncertain. The wise elder sister of Ponniyin Selvan, she came back into naming conversation after the two Ponniyin Selvan films (2022-23) put the Chola court on every Tamil family's screen; parents choosing it today are reaching past the movie to the historical stateswoman
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kundhavai has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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