Forename Pillai

Throughout the world, Pillai (Pillai , Пиллаи , பிள்ளை) is quite a rare gender-neutral first name. The given name Pillai is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare male name, Oman, where it is a rare masculine name, and Qatar. In absolute terms, the name is most common in India, United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia. Much more prevalently, Pillai is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Pillai

name Pílláí, name Piḷḷai, name פילאי, name Піллай, name Пиллаи, name Pillai, name ปิลไล, name พิลไล, name Pillaï, name Пиллай, name พิไล, name Піллаі

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Pillai	United Arab Emirates, Oman, India, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia
Пиллаи	Russia

First names said to be same

Pillaï, Piḷḷai, Pílláí, Пиллай, Піллай, Піллаі, פילאי, ปิลไล, พิลไล, and พิไล

Notable namesakes

	arumugam pillai First Indian Protestant clergy, IN (b. 1698)
	vaikom padmanabha pillai Indian military officer (b. 1767)
	marimutthu pillai (b. 1712)
	gooty kesava pillai Indian journalist (b. 1860)
	kanagasundaram pillai IN (b. 1863)
	kesari balakrishna pillai Indian writer, IN (b. 1889)
	elamkulam kunjan pillai Indian historian, IN (b. 1904)
	sooranad kunjan pillai satyam (1911-1995), IN (b. 1911)
	kurissery gopala pillai IN (b. 1914)
	thennala balakrishna pillai Indian politician, IN (b. 1931)
	pannisseri nanu pillai Indian writer (b. 1885)
	karur neelakanta pillai Indian writer (b. 1898)
	kainikkara padmanabha pillai Indian writer, IN (b. 1898)
	baskaran pillai Indian guru, IN (b. 1949)
	kuttipuzha krishna pillai Indian scholar, journalist, philosopher (1900=1971) (b. 1900)

Characteristic surnames

Ma, Pj, Pi, Kv, Kn, Ku, Ke, Ka, Bk, Aa, Rk, Ak, Ar, Al, Sk, Su, Si, Mg, Ms, Mr, Mo, As, and Di