Entry № 9515 · Sanskrit origin

Sharanya Sharanya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ shah-RAHN-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Refuge / protected (Vaishnava sharanagati)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "refuge / protected (vaishnava sharanagati)".

Sharanya is from the Sanskrit Śaraṇyā.

Refuge / protected (Vaishnava sharanagati) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

शरण्या
Transliteration
Śaraṇyā
Pronunciation
/ ʃəˈrɑːn.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sharanya stands.

Sharanya 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.

Sharanyas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Bhagavad Gita 18:66 / Sharanagati
Sanskrit refuge + Vaishnava Sharanagati surrender + Bhagavad Gita 18:66 abandoning all dharmas come to Me alone for refuge + Ramanujacharya teachings
Hindu Vaishnava

Names connected to Sharanya.

The number behind Sharanya.

6

The Nurturer

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