Uday

A boys’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning to rise; dawn.

Babies a year
7
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2952
7 babies

Uday by the numbers

In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Uday. In the US, 12 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Uday. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Uzayspace, cosmos7 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean the dawn

Like Uday, each of these has the dawn in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Vihaanmorning, dawn93 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zoradawn203 in the US (2017)
  • Tariqmorning star or one who knocks36 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ahaanmorning or dawn24 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tarikmorning star or one who opens the way65 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Uday

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