Entry № 7054 · Tamil origin

Muthu Muthu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MOO-thoo /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Tamil
Meaning
"Pearl"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "pearl".

Muthu is a pearl — precious, luminous, formed slowly and with care. It is among the most affectionate of Tamil names for a treasured child.

Pearl — a Tamil name.

The name in its native script.

முத்து
Transliteration
Muttu
Pronunciation
/ ˈmut.t̪u /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Muthu stands.

Muthu does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Muthus before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Muthu.

The number behind Muthu.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Muthu reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.