Around the globe, Namboodiri (Namboodiri 
) is a very rare mostly male, but infrequently girly given name. The first name Namboodiri is characteristic of Southern Asia, particularly India, where it is an extremely rare mostly male, but uncommonly girly name. Much more frequently, Namboodiri is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Namboodiri | Saudi Arabia, United States, United Arab Emirates, India, Bahrain |
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madambi subramanian namboodiri Indian Kathakali musician (b. 1943) |
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| krishnan namboodiri Indian-born American sociologist, IN (b. 1929) |
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| nelliyod vasudevan namboodiri IN (b. 1940) |
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