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Panicker (sometimes Panikkar) is an Indian title or last name.

The Dravidian Etymological Dictionary, entry number 3884, considers the word Panikkan as a word of Dravidian etymology, deriving from the Dravidian root word Pani, meaning service, work etc. Panikkan could mean a person who commands as well as one who serves. The DED traces cognates of the word Panikkan in twelve Dravidian languages, besides Malayalam.^{[citation needed]}

The Portuguese traveller Duarte Barbosa said that "They are the skillful men who teach this art Kalarippayattu, and they are called the Panickers: these are the captains in war. Commander of one hundred (100) captains. Each captain commands one hundred (100) soldiers."^[1]

Following the current conventions for romanising Malayalam without diacritic marks, the name would be "Panikkar". However, Panikker, Panicker, Panickar, Paniker, Panikar, Panniker, and Pannikavannar, and other variants are found.^{[citation needed]}

• Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, Ezhava forerunner of Narayana Guru
• Ambanattu Panicker , Ezhava chief commander of the Chempakassery kingdom^[2]
• Akathayyadi panicker , Ezhava Chief commandor of ilayidath swaroopam(Kottarakkara kingdom) .
• Lokanatha Panicker , Ezhava Chief commandor of kayamkulam kingdom .
• Patheenatha Panicker , Son of Lokanatha Panicker, Ezhava Chief commander of kayamkulam kingdom who defeated king Marathanda varma of travancore 3 times.
• Arattapuzha Velayudha Panicker, Ezhava warrior of the 19th century
• Cheerappanchira Panicker, Ezhava kalari martial arts family
• Putumanna Panikkar, nair warrior of Valluvanad family
• Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker, Ezhava malayalam poet and a prominent social reformer
• Gopi Panicker , Ezhava ,Handloom Industrialist , Padmasree Winner.
• G.N.Panicker , Ezhava ,Literary figure
• C.K. Kumara Panikker, Ezhava Political leader. minister
• Rama Panicker , Ezhava Sanskrit scholar
• Achyuta Panikkar, astronomer of Kerala
• Ayyappa Panikkar, Malayalam poet, critic
• Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan, Indian writer
• Madhava Panikkar, one of the Niranam poets
• Sankara Panikkar, one of the Niranam poets
• Rama Panikkar, one of the Niranam poets
• Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, Indian diplomat and writer
• Kavalam Narayan Panikkar, dramatist and poet
• K. N. Panikkar, Indian historian
• Raimon Panikkar, a Catalan scholar
• N. Kesava Panikkar, zoologist
• Ayyappa Paniker, poet
• Kavalam Narayana Panicker, Indian dramatist, theater director, and poet
• K. M. Panikkar, diplomat
• P. K. Narayana Panicker, former General Secretary and President of the Nair Service Society
• P. N. Panicker, father of the Library Movement
• Geevarghese Panicker, priest and educationalist of Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, Kerala
• Rahul Alex Panicker, entrepreneur, president and co-founder of Embrace Innovations
• Renji Panicker , journalist, script writer, producer, actor, and director

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