Balasubramaniam

Balasubramaniam
బాలసుబ్రహ్మణ్యం
பாலசுப்ரமணியம்
ಬಾಲಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯಂ
ബാലസുബ്രഹ്മണ്യം
GenderMale
Language(s)Tamil
Telugu
Kannada
Malayalam
Origin
MeaningYoung Subramaniam
Region of originSouthern India
North-eastern Sri Lanka
Other names
Alternative spellingBalasubramanian
Balasubramaniem
Balasubramanyam
Balasubrahmanyam
DerivedMurugan

Balasubramaniam or Balasubramanian (Telugu: బాల సుబ్రహ్మణ్యం; Tamil: பாலசுப்ரமணியம்; Kannada: ಬಾಲಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯಂ; Malayalam: ബാലസുബ്രഹ്മണ്യം) is a male given name in South India and Sri Lanka. Due to the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. Balasubramaniam is derived from the Sanskrit words balu meaning "young" and Subramaniam (itself derived from the Sanskrit words su, meaning "auspicious" and brahmanyam, translated loosely as "auspicious effulgence of the Supreme Spirit"). By extension, it refers to the Hindu god Murugan as a child or young man, the way the term Balakrishna refers to the young Krishna.

In Telugu, the name is written as Balasubrahmanyam or Balasubramanyam, closer to the Sanskrit root word. In Kannada, the name is transliterated as Balasubrahmanya or Balasubramanya.