Madhavan Family History
Madhavan Name Meaning
Indian (Kerala and Tamil Nadu): from a personal name derived from Sanskrit Madhava ‘derived from honey’ an epithet of the Hindu god Krishna + the Tamil-Malayalam third-person masculine singular suffix -n. — Note: Since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames this name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022