The baby name Gururaj is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Goo-roo-rahj (IPA: /ɡʊruːrɑːdʒ/).
Gururaj is Sanskrit in Origin.
The baby name Gururaj is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Goo-roo-rahj (IPA: /ɡʊruːrɑːdʒ/).
Gururaj is Sanskrit in Origin.
Gururaj is an Indian masculine name from Sanskrit guru (spiritual teacher) + raja (king), yielding the sense "king among teachers," "supreme preceptor," or by extension "one who venerates the guru." The compound appears in Hindu devotional usage as an honorific epithet, especially in South India; the Madhva saint Raghavendra Tirtha is widely praised as Gururaja/Gururaya in Kannada and Marathi bhakti traditions. As a given name it is common in Karnataka and Maharashtra and understood across other Indo-Aryan and Dravidian languages.
Documented as a personal name from the late colonial period onward, it grew steadily in the 20th century. Noted bearers include entrepreneur Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande and weightlifter Gururaja Poojary (variant spelling). Variants and related forms: Gururaja, Gururaya, the spaced form Guru Raj, and the nickname Guru; cognates include Gurudev and Gurudatta. The name conveys leadership joined with spiritual wisdom.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN | 0 | #71 | 1 | 2,963 | |
| AE | 0 | #185 | 3 | 10,220 | |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #582 | 6 | 17,937 | |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #734 | 6 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #740 | 4 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #800 | 7 | 18,755 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #858 | 24 | 17,948 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #900 | 102 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,057 | 36 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,179 | 4 | 25,439 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,592 | 23 | 28,008 |
Gururaj is popular in 11 countries — most recent births per country:
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