Sourya
A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning of the sun; a form of Surya.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Sourya by the numbers
Sourya was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Surya
Like Sourya, each of these traces back to Surya: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sourya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean the sun
Like Sourya, each of these has the sun in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Cyrussun; royal name from ancient Persia729 in the US (2017)
- Apollogreek god of music, poetry, and sun525 in the US (2017)
- Eliansun; diminutive of Elias or form of Helios486 in the US (2017)
- Samsonhis name is sun; strong as the sun430 in the US (2017)
- Reyanshpart of the sun; ray of light382 in the US (2017)
- Sunnybright or cheerful like the sun69 in England and Wales (2025)
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