MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Suraiya mean?
Suraiya comes from Arabic Thurayya, the Pleiades star cluster. Urdu and other South Asian languages established the familiar Suraiya form, preserving a celestial image in personal naming.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सुरैया
Conventional spelling
Arabic
ثريا
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Suraiya in Indian usage
7,563 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling सुरैया.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 7,434 records (98.3%).
- Recorded as male: 129 records (1.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 725 |
| 1960s | 1,362 |
| 1970s | 1,759 |
| 1980s | 2,100 |
| 1990s | 1,356 |
| Other decades | 261 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,452 |
| Bihar | 1,409 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 815 |
| Rajasthan | 566 |
| Jharkhand | 211 |
| Maharashtra | 110 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Suraiya / F | 15 | 1,892 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Suraiya; Table_6, C2001 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Suraiya; Table_6, C2001
- Wiktionary: ثريا ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.