Suriya
A unisex name of Sanskrit origin, meaning sun.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Suriya by the numbers
Suriya was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 28 babies in 2008, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Suriya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Suriya
Names that are said the same way as Suriya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the sun
Like Suriya, each of these has the sun in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- 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)
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