At a Glance
- Meaning
- Young boy, plus an honorific suffix; a name for the Hindu god Vishnu (Venkateshwara) worshipped at the Tirupati temple
- Origin
- Telugu/Tamil (from Sanskrit + Hindi honorific)
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- BAH-lah-jee
Balaji is a Telugu/Tamil (from Sanskrit + Hindi honorific) boy's name meaning “young boy, plus an honorific suffix; a name for the Hindu god Vishnu (Venkateshwara) worshipped at the Tirupati temple”. It appears in our list of 175+ Indian Baby Boy Names That Cross Languages and Generations.
Meaning & Origin of Balaji
Meaning: Young boy, plus an honorific suffix; a name for the Hindu god Vishnu (Venkateshwara) worshipped at the Tirupati temple.
Origin: Telugu/Tamil (from Sanskrit + Hindi honorific).
A common claim: Strong, child Krishna or Venkateshwara Actually: Balaji is often glossed as "strong," but that likely confuses bāla ("young boy," the name's actual root) with the similar-sounding Sanskrit word bala ("strength"). Balaji is a name for the Hindu god Vishnu (Venkateshwara), worshipped at the Tirupati temple.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Balaji
BAH-lah-jeeIPA /ˈbɑː.lɑː.dʒiː/
Popularity of Balaji
Balaji doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Balaji
Similar Names
Venkat · Jagannath · Vir · Yogesh · Jai · Trilok
