The baby name Chavara is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /tʃəˈvɑːrə/ — respelling: chuh-VAH-rah.
Chavara is Indian in Origin.
The baby name Chavara is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /tʃəˈvɑːrə/ — respelling: chuh-VAH-rah.
Chavara is Indian in Origin.
Chavara is a Malayalam toponymic name from Kerala, India, taken from the coastal town of Chavara in Kollam district. As a habitational surname-turned-given name, it conveys "one from Chavara"; the underlying place-name etymology within Dravidian linguistics is uncertain, so the sense is best understood as geographic rather than lexical. The name appears across communities in Kerala, with notable resonance among Saint Thomas Christians.
Usage as a given name grew in the 20th and 21st centuries, often in homage to St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805-1871), a Carmelite reformer and educator widely known as "St. Chavara." Variants and transliterations include Chaavara (marking a long a) and Chawara; spelling typically follows Malayalam-to-English conventions. The name is unisex in modern practice, though rarer for girls. Related forms occur in compound personal names and as surnames throughout Kerala and within the Malayali diaspora.
Chavara is about as rare as a name gets. In all, it appears just 11 times, across 6 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MV | Boys | 0 | #79 | 1 | 3,375 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #805 | 2 | 18,755 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,688 | 4 | 28,008 |
Chavara is popular in 6 countries — most recent births per country:
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