Suraj is a boy's name of Indian origin meaning “the sun.” In 2024 it was given to 7 boys in the United States.
Suraj at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Hindu & Indian
Meaning
“the sun”
About the name Suraj
Suraj belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “the sun” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Suraj first appears in Social Security records in 1975. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1950 in 1995, and in 2024 7 babies received the name — 1,085 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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