Suriya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOO-ree-yah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Suriya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “sun”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Suriya mean?
Sanskrit: Tamil form of Surya
“sun”
Surya is the Hindu sun deity; some families use Suriya instead as a spelling of Soraya, the Arabic name for the Pleiades.
Is Suriya a girl's or a boy's name?
Suriya is a girls' name.
How popular is Suriya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Suriya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Suriya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Suriya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Suriya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Suriya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Suriya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shriya Anaya Haniya Priya Siya Arya Safa Aadhya Prisha Saanvi Shreya Akshara
Names related to Suriya
Suri Suraya Suraiya Sariyah Surah Sriya Sury Sariya Surya Seriyah
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Leena Shivansh Veer
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, “Suriya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/suriya, updated 20 October 2026.