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Irudayaraj
இருதயராஜ்Say it i-ru-dhai-YA-raj
- Meaning today
- Sacred Heart, king of hearts
- Original meaning
- "heart + king: Tamil irutayam 'heart' and rāja 'king'" Tamil Lexicon, p. 328
- Say it
- i-ru-dhai-YA-raj
- Written
- இருதயராஜ்
- Other spellings
- Iruthayaraj, Irudhayaraj, Irudayaraja
Irudayaraj
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Irudayaraj meaning
Irudayaraj (இருதயராஜ்) is a Christian and Tamil boy's name.
Heart + king: Tamil irutayam 'heart' and rāja 'king'
Also used to mean: Sacred Heart, king of hearts
Irudayaraj is a Tamil Catholic name. Its first part is irutayam, the Tamil form of Sanskrit hṛdaya, which the Tamil Lexicon defines as the heart, the mind and the seat of love; the second is rāja, "king". Together they point to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a devotion deeply rooted among Tamil Catholics, who call it the Thiru Irudhayam, the holy heart; the name is understood as "Sacred Heart". It belongs to a family of Tamil Christian names ending in -raj, such as Arockiaraj and Jebaraj, and is used both as a given name and as a family name.
Source: Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (1924–36), p. 328 · entry இருதயம் irutayam · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Tamil Lexicon, இருதயம் irutayam, p. 328 · Monier-Williams, rāja, p. 872 · Wikipedia, Irudayaraj
Spellings
Irudayaraj · Iruthayaraj · Irudhayaraj · Irudayaraja