100 Indian Family Relationship Names in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu & Marathi

Indian families have one of the richest relationship systems in the world. Unlike many cultures that use only a few words such as uncle or aunt, Indian languages have specific names for almost every family relationship. These names often indicate the maternal or paternal side, age, gender, and marital connection.

Understanding these relationship terms is useful for children, families living abroad, genealogy enthusiasts, and anyone building a family tree.

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Why Indian Relationship Terms Are Special

In India, a relationship name often tells you:

• Which side of the family the person belongs to.
• Whether the person is older or younger than your parent.
• Whether the relationship is by birth or marriage.
• The expected level of respect and affection.

For example, Chacha and Tau are both father’s brothers, but one is younger and the other is older.

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Quick Relationship Table

English	Hindi	Tamil	Telugu	Marathi
Father	पिता	அப்பா	నాన్న	वडील
Mother	माता	அம்மா	అమ్మ	आई
Brother	भाई	அண்ணன்/தம்பி	అన్న/తమ్ముడు	भाऊ
Sister	बहन	அக்கா/தங்கை	అక్క/చెల్లి	बहीण
Grandfather	दादा/नाना	தாத்தா	తాతయ్య	आजोबा
Grandmother	दादी/नानी	பாட்டி	అమ్మమ్మ/నానమ్మ	आजी
Uncle	चाचा/मामा	சித்தப்பா/மாமா	బాబాయి/మామ	काका/मामा
Aunt	चाची/मौसी	சித்தி/அத்தை	అత్త/పిన్ని	काकू/मावशी
Cousin	चचेरा भाई/बहन	உறவினர்	బంధువు	चुलत भाऊ/बहिण
Son	बेटा	மகன்	కుమారుడు	मुलगा
Daughter	बेटी	மகள்	కుమార్తె	मुलगी

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100 Indian Family Relationship Names

Immediate Family (1–15)

#	English	Hindi	Tamil	Telugu	Marathi
1	Father	पिता	அப்பா	నాన్న	वडील
2	Mother	माता	அம்மா	అమ్మ	आई
3	Son	बेटा	மகன்	కుమారుడు	मुलगा
4	Daughter	बेटी	மகள்	కుమార్తె	मुलगी
5	Elder Brother	बड़ा भाई	அண்ணன்	అన్న	मोठा भाऊ
6	Younger Brother	छोटा भाई	தம்பி	తమ్ముడు	धाकटा भाऊ
7	Elder Sister	बड़ी बहन	அக்கா	అక్క	मोठी बहीण
8	Younger Sister	छोटी बहन	தங்கை	చెల్లి	धाकटी बहीण
9	Husband	पति	கணவர்	భర్త	नवरा
10	Wife	पत्नी	மனைவி	భార్య	बायको
11	Child	बच्चा	குழந்தை	పిల్ల	मूल
12	Parent	माता-पिता	பெற்றோர்	తల్లిదండ్రులు	पालक
13	Sibling	भाई/बहन	உடன்பிறப்பு	సహోదరుడు	भावंड
14	Twin Brother	जुड़वा भाई	இரட்டையர் அண்ணன்	జంట అన్న	जुळा भाऊ
15	Twin Sister	जुड़वा बहन	இரட்டையர் அக்கா	జంట అక్క	जुळी बहीण

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Grandparents (16–25)

#	English	Hindi	Tamil	Telugu	Marathi
16	Grandfather	दादा	தாத்தா	తాతయ్య	आजोबा
17	Grandmother	दादी	பாட்டி	నానమ్మ	आजी
18	Maternal Grandfather	नाना	தாத்தா	తాతయ్య	आजोबा
19	Maternal Grandmother	नानी	பாட்டி	అమ్మమ్మ	आजी
20	Great Grandfather	परदादा	பெரிய தாத்தா	పెద్ద తాతయ్య	पणजोबा
21	Great Grandmother	परदादी	பெரிய பாட்டி	పెద్ద అమ్మమ్మ	पणजी
22	Grandson	पोता	பேரன்	మనవడు	नातू
23	Granddaughter	पोती	பேத்தி	మనవరాలు	नात
24	Great Grandson	पड़पोता	பெரிய பேரன்	ముని మనవడు	पणतू
25	Great Granddaughter	पड़पोती	பெரிய பேத்தி	ముని మనవరాలు	पणती

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Paternal Side (26–45)

#	English	Hindi	Tamil	Telugu	Marathi
26	Father’s Elder Brother	ताऊ	பெரியப்பா	పెద్దన్న	मोठे काका
27	Father’s Younger Brother	चाचा	சித்தப்பா	బాబాయి	काका
28	Wife of Tau	ताई	பெரியம்மா	పెద్దమ్మ	मोठी काकू
29	Wife of Chacha	चाची	சித்தி	పిన్ని	काकू
30	Father’s Sister	बुआ	அத்தை	అత్త	आत्या
31	Husband of Bua	फूफा	அத்தை மாமா	అత్తయ్య భర్త	आत्याबापू
32	Paternal Cousin Brother	चचेरा भाई	சித்தப்பா மகன்	బాబాయి కుమారుడు	चुलत भाऊ
33	Paternal Cousin Sister	चचेरी बहन	சித்தப்பா மகள்	బాబాయి కుమార్తె	चुलत बहीण
34	Father-in-law	ससुर	மாமனார்	మామగారు	सासरे
35	Mother-in-law	सास	மாமியார்	అత్తగారు	सासू
36	Brother-in-law	देवर/जेठ	மைத்துனர்	మరిది	दीर
37	Sister-in-law	ननद	நந்தி	ననద	नणंद
38	Elder Brother-in-law	जेठ	பெரிய மைத்துனர்	పెద్ద మరిది	मोठे दीर
39	Younger Brother-in-law	देवर	தம்பி மைத்துனர்	చిన్న మరిది	धाकटे दीर
40	Elder Sister-in-law	जेठानी	பெரிய அண்ணி	పెద్ద వదిన	मोठी वहिनी
41	Younger Sister-in-law	देवरानी	சிறிய அண்ணி	చిన్న వదిన	धाकटी वहिनी
42	Paternal Uncle	चाचा	சித்தப்பா	బాబాయి	काका
43	Paternal Aunt	बुआ	அத்தை	అత్త	आत्या
44	Paternal Uncle’s Son	चचेरा भाई	சித்தப்பா மகன்	బాబాయి కుమారుడు	चुलत भाऊ
45	Paternal Uncle’s Daughter	चचेरी बहन	சித்தப்பா மகள்	బాబాయి కుమార్తె	चुलत बहीण

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Maternal Side (46–65)

#	English	Hindi	Tamil	Telugu	Marathi
46	Mother’s Brother	मामा	மாமா	మామ	मामा
47	Wife of Mama	मामी	மாமி	మామి	मामी
48	Mother’s Sister	मौसी	சித்தி	పిన్ని	मावशी
49	Husband of Mausi	मौसा	மாமா	పిన్ని భర్త	मावसबा
50	Maternal Cousin Brother	ममेरा भाई	மாமா மகன்	మామ కుమారుడు	मावस भाऊ
51	Maternal Cousin Sister	ममेरी बहन	மாமா மகள்	మామ కుమార్తె	मावस बहीण
52	Maternal Uncle	मामा	மாமா	మామ	मामा
53	Maternal Aunt	मौसी	சித்தி	పిన్ని	मावशी
54	Maternal Uncle’s Son	ममेरा भाई	மாமா மகன்	మామ కుమారుడు	मावस भाऊ
55	Maternal Uncle’s Daughter	ममेरी बहन	மாமா மகள்	మామ కుమార్తె	मावस बहीण
56	Maternal Aunt’s Son	मौसेरा भाई	சித்தி மகன்	పిన్ని కుమారుడు	मावस भाऊ
57	Maternal Aunt’s Daughter	मौसेरी बहन	சித்தி மகள்	పిన్ని కుమార్తె	मावस बहीण
58	Maternal Grandfather	नाना	தாத்தா	తాతయ్య	आजोबा
59	Maternal Grandmother	नानी	பாட்டி	అమ్మమ్మ	आजी
60	Great Maternal Grandfather	परनाना	பெரிய தாத்தா	పెద్ద తాతయ్య	पणजोबा
61	Great Maternal Grandmother	परनानी	பெரிய பாட்டி	పెద్ద అమ్మమ్మ	पणजी
62	Mother’s Elder Sister	बड़ी मौसी	பெரிய சித்தி	పెద్ద పిన్ని	मोठी मावशी
63	Mother’s Younger Sister	छोटी मौसी	சின்ன சித்தி	చిన్న పిన్ని	धाकटी मावशी
64	Mother’s Elder Brother	बड़े मामा	பெரிய மாமா	పెద్ద మామ	मोठे मामा
65	Mother’s Younger Brother	छोटे मामा	சின்ன மாமா	చిన్న మామ	धाकटे मामा

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Marriage & In-Laws (66–85)

#	English	Hindi	Tamil	Telugu	Marathi
66	Son-in-law	दामाद	மருமகன்	అల్లుడు	जावई
67	Daughter-in-law	बहू	மருமகள்	కోడలు	सून
68	Brother-in-law (sister’s husband)	जीजा	மைத்துனர்	బావ	मेहुणा
69	Sister-in-law (brother’s wife)	भाभी	அண்ணி	వదిన	वहिनी
70	Husband’s Sister	ननद	நந்தி	ననద	नणंद
71	Husband’s Sister’s Husband	ननदोई	நந்தி கணவர்	ననద భర్త	नणंदोबा
72	Wife’s Brother	साला	மச்சான்	బావమరిది	मेव्हणा
73	Wife’s Brother’s Wife	साली की पत्नी	மச்சினி	బావమరిది భార్య	मेव्हण्याची पत्नी
74	Wife’s Sister	साली	மச்சினி	మరదలు	मेव्हणी
75	Wife’s Sister’s Husband	साढ़ू	மச்சான்	మరదలు భర్త	मेव्हण्याचा नवरा
76	Co-brother	साढ़ू	சம்பந்தி	బావగారు	साडू
77	Co-sister	समधन	சம்பந்தி	బావమరిది భార్య	साडवी
78	Bride	दुल्हन	மணப்பெண்	పెళ్లికూతురు	नवरी
79	Groom	दूल्हा	மணமகன்	పెళ్లికొడుకు	वर
80	Fiancé	मंगेतर	நிச்சயதார்த்தவர்	నిశ్చితార్థుడు	होणारा नवरा
81	Fiancée	मंगेतर	நிச்சயதார்த்த பெண்	నిశ్చితార్థురాలు	होणारी बायको
82	Step Father	सौतेले पिता	அத்தந்தை	దత్త తండ్రి	सावत्र वडील
83	Step Mother	सौतेली माता	அத்தாய்	దత్త తల్లి	सावत्र आई
84	Step Brother	सौतेला भाई	அத்தம்பி	దత్త అన్న	सावत्र भाऊ
85	Step Sister	सौतेली बहन	அத்தங்கை	దత్త అక్క	सावत्र बहीण

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Extended Family (86–100)

#	English	Hindi	Tamil	Telugu	Marathi
86	Cousin	चचेरा/ममेरा भाई	உறவினர்	బంధువు	चुलत भाऊ
87	Female Cousin	चचेरी/ममेरी बहन	உறவினர்	బంధువు	चुलत बहीण
88	Nephew	भतीजा/भांजा	மருமகன்	మేనల్లుడు	पुतण्या
89	Niece	भतीजी/भांजी	மருமகள்	మేనకోడలు	पुतणी
90	Brother’s Son	भतीजा	அண்ணன் மகன்	అన్న కుమారుడు	पुतण्या
91	Brother’s Daughter	भतीजी	அண்ணன் மகள்	అన్న కుమార్తె	पुतणी
92	Sister’s Son	भांजा	அக்கா மகன்	అక్క కుమారుడు	भाचा
93	Sister’s Daughter	भांजी	அக்கா மகள்	అక్క కుమార్తె	भाची
94	Ancestor	पूर्वज	முன்னோர்	పూర్వీకుడు	पूर्वज
95	Descendant	वंशज	சந்ததி	వారసుడు	वंशज
96	Relative	रिश्तेदार	உறவினர்	బంధువు	नातेवाईक
97	Family	परिवार	குடும்பம்	కుటుంబం	कुटुंब
98	Clan	कुल	குலம்	వంశం	कुळ
99	Lineage	वंश	வம்சம்	వంశవృక్షం	वंश
100	Family Tree	परिवार वृक्ष	குடும்ப மரம்	కుటుంబ వృక్షం	कुलवृक्ष

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Regional Variations

Indian relationship terms vary significantly across regions.

Hindi Belt

• Chacha, Tau, Bua, Mama, Mausi

Tamil Nadu

• Chithappa, Periyappa, Athai, Mama, Chithi

Andhra Pradesh & Telangana

• Babai, Pedananna, Atta, Mama, Pinni

Maharashtra

• Kaka, Motha Kaka, Aatya, Mama, Mavshi

The exact term may change by district, caste, or community, but the underlying relationships remain similar.

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Why These Terms Matter in a Family Tree

Recording the correct relationship helps:

• preserve cultural heritage,
• avoid confusion in large families,
• teach children about their roots,
• and build accurate genealogical records.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between Chacha and Tau?

• Chacha = father’s younger brother.
• Tau = father’s elder brother.

What is Mama in English?

Mama means mother’s brother (maternal uncle).

What is Bua in English?

Bua means father’s sister (paternal aunt).

What is Mausi in English?

Mausi means mother’s sister (maternal aunt).

Why are there so many relationship names in India?

Indian family systems traditionally distinguish relatives by parental side, age, gender, and marriage, resulting in many specific terms.

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Final Thoughts

Indian relationship names carry history, respect, and family identity. Learning these terms is more than a language exercise—it is a way of understanding your roots and preserving your heritage.

Whether you speak Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, or English, documenting these relationships in a family tree ensures that future generations remain connected to their family history.

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