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Sruly

Boy · SROO-lee · Hebrew

Sruly is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “struggles with God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).

What does Sruly mean?

Hebrew: Yiddish pet form of Yisroel (Israel)

“struggles with God”

A Yiddish pet form of Yisroel, the name given to Jacob after he wrestled with the angel.

Say it
SROO-lee

Is Sruly a girl's or a boy's name?

Sruly is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Sruly in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,301among boys
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Sruly, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 7 boys.

In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were given Sruly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,590, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

2010Busiest: 7 in 20212025
Sruly in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20240–
20233#5,193
20220–
20217#2,886
20204#4,025
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20156#3,149
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20103#4,865

How popular is Sruly in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,140among boys
Babies in 2025
14about 1 in 120,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 112% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Sruly, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.

Half of all the boys named Sruly in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

2005Busiest: 21 in 20242025
Sruly in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202514#6,140
202421#4,697
202316#5,661
202213#6,473
202115#5,771
20209#8,062
201910#7,638
20185#12,150
20178#8,835
20166#10,739
20159#8,035
20148#8,775
20139#8,113
20120–
20115#12,280
20100–
20095#12,486
20080–
20070–
20060–
20055#11,464

Names like Sruly

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Sruly

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