Surya

Where Surya comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit सूर्य (sū́rya, “the sun or its deity”). Doublet of sun.
— Wiktionary's entry for Surya
  • Sanskrit
  • Vowel-ended
Surya through the years
  1. 1977
    First appearance
    #5,845 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1997
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 2009
    Peak, #2,035
    68 babies named Surya, the most in any year.
  4. 2020
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,653.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.