Entry № 9239 · Sanskrit origin

Sarayu Sarayu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sah-RAH-yoo /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Air, wind; sacred river of Rama"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "air, wind; sacred river of rama".

Sarayu (सरयू) is the Sanskrit name for the sacred river that flows past Ayodhya — birthplace of Lord Rama. From sṛ (to flow) and vāyu (air).

Sarayu is widely used in India.

Sacred river of Ayodhya. Rama's home.

The name in its native script.

सरयू
Transliteration
Sarayū
Pronunciation
/ səˈrɑː.juː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sarayu stands.

Sarayu 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.

Sarayus before her.

Real people
Sarayu Blue
Indian-American actress.
born 1975
In fiction
Sarayu
Personification of the Holy Spirit in The Shack.
W.P. Young, 2007

Names connected to Sarayu.

The number behind Sarayu.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sarayu reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.