Entry № 6655 · Sanskrit origin

Mayuri Mayuri — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mah-YOO-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Peahen (Maurya dynasty + Buddhist Mayuri Vidyaraja)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "peahen (maurya dynasty + buddhist mayuri vidyaraja)".

Mayuri is from the Sanskrit मयूरी (Mayūrī — peahen, peacock-female) — feminine of mayūra (peacock). Mayuri is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu + Buddhist heritage.

Peahen (Maurya dynasty + Buddhist Mayuri Vidyaraja) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

मयूरी
Transliteration
Mayūrī
Pronunciation
/ məˈjuː.ri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mayuri stands.

Mayuri does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Mayuris before her.

Real people

In fiction
Mayuri / Mayura / Maurya
National Bird of India + Maurya Empire 322-185 BCE + Chandragupta Maurya + Ashoka the Great + Lion Capital of Ashoka + Mahamayuri Vidyarajni Buddhist Wisdom Queen + Mayurasana yoga pose.
Hindu + Buddhist

Names connected to Mayuri.

The number behind Mayuri.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mayuri reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.