NAMES IN KERALA AND OTHER PARTS OF INDIA.
The house names are added to the names of almost every Malayalees. This must be a unique system in the whole world when we consider the formation of this particular names. While it is indicating the clan, cast, community, lineage or tradition in other parts of India, in Kerala these names are derived from geography, flora and fauna, places of worship etc. Most of the house names in this state might have derived from the name of trees, land shapes (high, low, flat etc) natural water ways like river, stream, canal, pond etc. Then comes small, big and old house. Different colours in Malayalam are also nused in house names. The words big and small in local languages also widely used. Adjacence to temple, church etc also used to indicate house names. Large rock fall, paddy field. flower garden and large agricultural land are also very much used as house names. Gold, silver, copper, iron etc are also used as house names in Kerala. Christian and some Hindu names are rarely us...