Entry № 10155 · Persian origin

Suri Suri — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SOO-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Red rose; princess"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Persian)

A name that means "red rose; princess".

Suri has multiple parallel origins. In Persian, suri (سوری) means "red rose" — the flower used in Nowruz (Persian New Year) celebrations. In Hebrew, Suri is a Yiddish diminutive of Sarah, meaning "princess."

The name remains rare in the U.S. but is rising slowly.

Red rose, in Persian. Princess, in Yiddish.

The name in its native script.

سوری
Transliteration
Suri
Pronunciation
/ ˈsuː.ri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Suri stands.

Suri 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.

Suris before her.

Real people
Suri Cruise
Daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.
born 2006
In fiction

Names connected to Suri.

The number behind Suri.

4

The Builder

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