Entry № 9534 · Sanskrit origin

Shaurya Shaurya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHOWR-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Valor / bravery (Hindu warrior heritage)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "valor / bravery (hindu warrior heritage)".

Shaurya is from the Sanskrit शौर्य (Śaurya — valor, bravery, heroism) — from Sanskrit śūra (hero/warrior). Shaurya is one of the Sanskrit feminine + unisex names — central to traditional Hindu warrior heritage. Sanskrit feminine name reflecting Hindu valor heritage.

Valor / bravery (Sanskrit).

The name in its native script.

शौर्य
Transliteration
Śaurya
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃaʊr.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shaurya stands.

Shaurya 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.

Shauryas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Shaurya Chakra
Third-highest Indian military gallantry award + instituted 1952 + valour + courageous action + self-sacrifice.
Indian military

Names connected to Shaurya.

The number behind Shaurya.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Shaurya reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.