Shreya as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Shreya

What is the meaning of the name Shreya ?

The baby name Shreya is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SHRAY-yah.

Shreya is Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit in Origin.

Shreya is a modern Indo-Aryan feminine name based on Sanskrit श्रेयस्, śreyas, an old comparative adjective and noun meaning better, more excellent, preferable, or welfare. The Sanskrit form is morphologically a comparative in -yas, with the initial śr- cluster preserved in Devanagari श्रे. In personal names it is usually written श्रेया, Śreyā, where the final long -ā marks a feminine nominative shape in Sanskritic naming practice. Its literal sense is best or superior, extended in classical usage to auspicious good and lasting benefit.

In India, Shreya circulates across Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, and other language communities, often alongside spellings such as Shriya, Shreeya, and Sreya. Religious association comes from the semantic neighborhood of śrī, prosperity, radiance, and Lakshmi, though Shreya is not a direct theonym. Recorded in the United States from the late twentieth century, it rose among Indian diaspora families around the early 2000s.