| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Tamil Telugu Kannada Malayalam |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Young Subramaniam |
| Region of origin | Southern India North-eastern Sri Lanka |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Balasubramanian Balasubramaniem Balasubramanyam Balasubrahmanyam |
| Derived | Murugan |
BalasubramaniamorBalasubramanian (Telugu: బాల సుబ్రహ్మణ్యం; Tamil: பாலசுப்ரமணியம்; Kannada: ಬಾಲಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯಂ; Malayalam: ബാലസുബ്രഹ്മണ്യം) is a male given nameinSouth 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 BalasubrahmanyamorBalasubramanyam, closer to the Sanskrit root word. In Kannada, the name is transliterated as BalasubrahmanyaorBalasubramanya.
