About my name

If you’re wondering how I pronounce my name, here’s the IPA 🍻: [ˈgɔt̪əm ˈʋaːsʊˌd̪eːvən ˈoːʈːuːr]. I’m not bothered when people deviate from this pronunciation, but if you’re an English speaker and you would like to approximate it using English phonology, you can try: /ˈgɒθəm ˈvɑsəðeɪvən oʊˈtʊər/.

Gautam is a Hindi name, and Vasudevan and Ottur are Malayalam names. When using English, I order my names as English names are normally ordered. Gautam is my given name, and Ottur is the name of my family. Vasudevan is an avonymic, which I don’t use much.