The baby name Padmarajan is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /pədməˈrɑːdʒən/ (pud-MUH-RAH-jun).
The baby name Padmarajan is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /pədməˈrɑːdʒən/ (pud-MUH-RAH-jun).
Padmarajan is Malayalam, Sanskrit in Origin.
Padmarajan is a South Indian male given name derived from Sanskrit: padma (“lotus”) + rajan/rājā (“king”). The compound conveys “king of the lotus” or “lotus-like sovereign,” drawing on the lotus’s pan-Indic symbolism of purity, beauty, and spiritual awakening. In Malayalam and Tamil naming, the masculine -an ending adapts the Sanskrit stem to local phonology. The name’s devotional undertone alludes to the lotus-associated goddess Lakshmi and to ideals of dignity and virtue.
Use is concentrated in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, with broader visibility thanks to acclaimed Malayalam novelist–filmmaker P. Padmarajan (1954–1991). Variants and short forms include Padmaraj, Padmaraja (Sanskrit transliteration Padmarāja), Padma Rajan (spaced form), and Rajan or Raju as nicknames; feminine cognates include Padmarani and Padmavathi/Padmavati. Related masculine names built on padma are Padmanabhan and Padmakumar. Though not common nationally, Padmarajan remains culturally resonant in literary and cinephile circles.
Padmarajan is seldom given. We count 26 recorded uses of it across 6 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA | 0 | #312 | 1 | 10,560 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #913 | 6 | 17,948 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,137 | 7 | 22,615 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,684 | 8 | 28,008 |
Padmarajan is popular in 6 countries — most recent births per country:
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