Entry № 9930 · Khmer origin

Soriya Soriya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ soh-REE-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Khmer
Meaning
"Sun"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Khmer)

A name that means "sun".

Soriya (សុរិយា) is the Khmer (Cambodian) word for "sun" — from the Sanskrit sūrya. A traditional Cambodian feminine name.

Princess Soriya Roeungsey of Cambodia was the consort of King Norodom Sihanouk.

Sun. The Khmer-Sanskrit.

The name in its native script.

សុរិយា
Transliteration
Soriya
Pronunciation
/ soʊˈriː.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Soriya stands.

Soriya 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.

Soriyas before her.

Real people
Princess Soriya
Cambodian princess.
In fiction
Soriya
Common in Cambodian fiction.

Names connected to Soriya.

The number behind Soriya.

6

The Nurturer

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