The story
- Tamil · borrowed fromபாலாஜி
- Telugu · borrowed fromబాలాజీ
- English todayBalaji
From Telugu బాలాజీ (bālājī) and Tamil பாலாஜி (pālāji), a compound of Sanskrit बाल (bāla, “young boy, the form of Vishnu at the Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh.”) + Hindi -जी (-jī, “honorific”). The surname is particularly found in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.