Entry № 9972 · Sanskrit origin

Sreya Sreya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHREH-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Auspicious / superior"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "auspicious / superior".

Sreya is from the Sanskrit Śreyā.

Auspicious / superior — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

श्रेया
Transliteration
Śreyā
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃrɛ.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sreya stands.

Sreya 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.

Sreyas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Katha Upanishad Sreyas / Preyas
Sanskrit auspicious good superior + Śreyas vs Preyas distinction in Katha Upanishad ~5th c. BCE + Yama-Naciketas dialogue + Bhagavad Gita 3:11 + Vedantic ethical
Hindu Upanishad

Names connected to Sreya.

The number behind Sreya.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sreya reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.