Lingaraj
Lingaraj means King of Linga, lord Shiva.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Kannada |
| Language | Kannada |
| Starts with | L |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “King of Linga, lord Shiva”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Linga Murthy — Form of Shiva linga
- Siddalingaiah — Devotee of Siddha linga, Shiva
- Riaan — Little king, kingly, noble
- Kiaan — Ancient, king
- Kian — King, ancient, grace of God
- Rian — Little king, royal
More boys' names of Kannada origin
- Puneeth — Purified, holy, sacred
- Manjunatha — Lord of the misty peaks, Shiva
- Manjunath — Lord of the misty peaks, Shiva
- Shivakumar — Son of Shiva, the young lord
- Basavaraj — King among devotees of Basavanna
- Guru — Teacher, Jupiter, spiritual guide
Where this comes from
Lingaraj has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.