The baby name Ilaiyaraaja is a Boy name , 5 syllables long and is pronounced /iɭai̯jaɾaːdʒaː/.
The baby name Ilaiyaraaja is a boy name , 5 syllables long and is pronounced /iɭai̯jaɾaːdʒaː/.
Ilaiyaraaja is Sanskrit, Tamil in Origin.
Ilaiyaraaja is a modern Tamil compound, written இளையராஜா Ilaiyarājā. Its first secure public form is the stage name given in 1976 to the composer formerly known as Raasaiya, when producer Panchu Arunachalam added ilaiya to Raaja for Annakili. The first element is Tamil இளைய iḷaiya, younger or junior, from the Dravidian adjective iḷa, young; the second is Tamil ராஜா rājā, a borrowing of Sanskrit राजन् rājan, king. The literal sense is young king.
As a personal name, Ilaiyaraaja is far more closely tied to South Indian cultural history than to broad naming custom. The celebrated Tamil film composer made the form recognizable across Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi cinema from the late 1970s onward. Spellings vary with transliteration: Ilayaraja and Ilaiyaraja shorten the long vowels, while Ilaiya Raja separates the compound. The name has no specific scriptural role, though rājā is common in Indic royal and devotional vocabulary.
Ilaiyaraaja does not appear in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. This usually means it's either extremely rare, a regional/traditional name not captured by official statistics, or a brand-new coinage. Use it knowing your child will almost certainly be the only one in the room.
| Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian composer and musician best known for his legendary work in South Indian cinema, especially Tamil films. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, he has composed thousands of songs and scores for major films such as Nayakan, Thalapathi, and Mouna Ragam, and is widely regarded as one of India’s most prolific film composers. |
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