MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Muthu mean?
Tamil muthu is the ordinary word for a pearl and is also a personal name. It appears in many longer Tamil names, carrying the same image of a small precious gem.
Meaning themes
gems
Spellings in Indian scripts
Tamil
முத்து
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
मुत्तु
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
മുത്തു
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Muthu in Indian usage
4,719 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 1,278 records (27.1%).
- Recorded as male: 3,441 records (72.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 477 |
| 1950s | 766 |
| 1960s | 921 |
| 1970s | 1,021 |
| 1980s | 896 |
| 1990s | 453 |
| Other decades | 185 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 2,879 |
| Puducherry | 766 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 553 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 252 |
| Other states | 269 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Wiktionary: முத்து ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.