About the name Basavaraj
Basavaraj honours Basavanna, the twelfth-century Lingayat reformer whose vachana poems attacked caste in plain Kannada verse. Outside Karnataka the name is almost never heard, but within it the name announces a whole religious and social inheritance in four syllables.
Basavaraj is a boy name of Kannada origin, pronounced BUH-suh-vuh-raaj. On the NameRarity scale it scores 93 out of 100, which places it in the ultra rare band — fewer than 1 in 10,000 people carry this name. You will almost never meet another. Its strongest period was the 1970s.
Name facts at a glance
How popular is Basavaraj?
Basavaraj currently falls outside the US top 1,000, which is a large part of why it scores so highly for rarity. Roughly 1.9 people per million carry it — about 1 in 526,316. In a school of 1,000 pupils you would expect not to find a single one.
Famous people named Basavaraj
- Basavaraj BommaiIndian politician and Chief Minister of Karnataka
Spellings and variants of Basavaraj
Names similar to Basavaraj
Bhagat
BUG-ut
Devotee, the title of the saint-poets in the Guru Granth Sahib
Bharadwaj
BHUH-rud-waaj
Bringer of strength or nourishment, a Saptarishi of the Rigveda
Bhagirathi
bhah-gee-RAH-tee
The Ganga as brought down to earth by King Bhagiratha
Blaise
BLAYZ
Lisping, stammering
Booker
BUUK-er
Scribe, keeper of books
Brihaspati
bri-hus-PUH-tee
Lord of prayer, preceptor of the gods and deity of the planet Jupiter
Milarepa
mee-lah-RAY-pah
Mila the cotton-clad one, Tibet's poet-yogi
Narasimha
nuh-ruh-SIM-huh
Man-lion, the fourth avatar of Vishnu
Basavaraj — frequently asked questions
What does the name Basavaraj mean?
Basavaraj means "King of bulls, after the reformer-saint Basavanna". It is a name of Kannada origin, most often given to a boy.
How do you pronounce Basavaraj?
Basavaraj is pronounced BUH-suh-vuh-raaj, with 4 syllables.
How rare is the name Basavaraj?
Basavaraj scores 93 out of 100 on the NameRarity scale, which makes it ultra rare. Roughly 1 in every 526,316 people carry it — about 1.9 per million.
What is the numerology number for Basavaraj?
Basavaraj carries the expression number 3, known as The Storyteller. Its soul urge number is 4 and its personality number is 8.
What is the lucky number and lucky colour for Basavaraj?
The lucky number for Basavaraj is 3 (with 12, 21, 30 also favourable), and its lucky colour is Lilac Amethyst. The traditional lucky day is Thursday and the associated gemstone is Amethyst.