Names of family relations and relatives in Malayalam from English are presented in a list below. If you are looking to know what and how relatives and family members are called in Malayalam, this should serve as a handy list.
For the understanding of users who do not read the Malayalam script, we have provided a loose Roman transliteration of the Malayalam names.
| English Names of Relations | Malayalam Names of Relations | Pronunciation Help |
| Mother | അമ്മ | Amma |
| Father | അച്ഛന് | Acchan |
| Brother | സഹോദരന് | Sahodaran |
| Sister | സഹോദരി | Sahodari |
| Daughter | മകള് | Makal |
| Son | മകന് | Makan |
| Uncle | അമ്മാവന് | Ammavan |
| Aunty | അമ്മായി | Ammayi |
| Husband | ഭര്ത്താവ് | Bharthaav |
| Wife | ഭാര്യ | Bhaarya |
| Niece | അനന്തരവള് | Anantharaval |
| Nephew | അനന്തരവന് | Anantharavan |
| Grandmother | മുത്തശ്ശി | Mutthassi |
| Grandfather | മുത്തശ്ശന് | Mutthasshan |
| sister-in-law | നാത്തൂന് | Nathoon |
| brother-in-law | അളിയന് | Aliyan |
Is there no difference between Dad’s father and Mom’s father?