Sury as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Sury

What is the meaning of the name Sury ?

The baby name Sury is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SOO-ree or SUR-ee (IPA: /ˈsuːri/ or /ˈsʊri/).

Sury is Indian, Sanskrit in Origin.

Sury is a cross-cultural given name. In South Asian usage, it functions as a short form or anglicized spelling of Sanskrit Surya (सूर्य), the solar deity’s name, meaning “sun.” It appears across India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka and is used for all genders, with regional forms such as Suriya (Tamil) and Soorya (Malayalam). The element is attested in Vedic hymns and later devotional literature and remains familiar today as Surya.

In Jewish and Yiddish onomastics, Sury can also reflect Suri, a diminutive of Sarah, yielding the sense “princess.” The spelling is found in Ashkenazi records and is now used as a streamlined variant of Suri in English- and Spanish-speaking contexts. Common variants and related forms include Surya, Suriya, Soorya, Suri, Suriyah, Suraj (masculine “sun”), and Suryan. Depending on origin, Sury conveys either “sun” or “princess.”