Dhairya
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Dhairya is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “patience”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Dhairya mean?
Sanskrit
“patience”
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Dhairya a girl's or a boy's name?
Dhairya is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dhairya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Dhairya, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dhairya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Dhairya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
How popular is Dhairya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Dhairya, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Dhairya in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dhairya in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
Names like Dhairya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Shivansh, Bhavya, Vihaan, Devansh, Avyaan, Yuvraj, Dhruv, Aviraj, Krishiv, Veer, Dhruvansh
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Aadhya, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Veda, India
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dhairya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dhairya, updated 20 October 2026.