Airlangga as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Airlangga

What is the meaning of the name Airlangga ?

The baby name Airlangga is a boy name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced ah-EER-LAHNG-gah.

Airlangga is Javanese, Sanskrit in Origin.

Airlangga is an Old Javanese royal name built from air or er, water, and a Sanskrit verbal element related to laṅgh, to step over or cross; laṅghana denotes crossing or leaping. Its earliest secure form is the 11th-century name Airlangga, preserved in East Javanese inscriptions and in the king’s long Sanskritized regnal style. Literally, it indicates water-crossing or leaping over water, a transparent reference in later tradition to the prince born in Bali who crossed the Bali Strait to Java.

The name is tied to King Airlangga of Kahuripan, who ruled eastern Java in the first half of the 11th century and was linked genealogically with Balinese Warmadewa and Javanese Isyana lines. Court literature such as Mpu Kanwa’s Arjunawiwaha framed his reign in Hindu-Buddhist idiom. Erlangga is the chief modern spelling variant in Indonesia; personal use remains concentrated in Javanese and Indonesian contexts, where the historical association outweighs word-name usage.

⚙ Airlangga is a rare name. It doesn't appear in any of the major national birth registries we track; we found only 24 recorded uses across 6 countries. Expect very few children to share this name.