About the name Shaurya
Shaurya is the abstract noun for the quality a shura, a hero, possesses, and India's gallantry decoration the Shaurya Chakra takes its name from the same word. Parents choosing it in the last fifteen years want martial connotations without tying a child to any particular epic figure.
Shaurya is a boy name of Sanskrit origin, pronounced SHOWR-yah. On the NameRarity scale it scores 85 out of 100, which places it in the very rare band — a genuinely uncommon pick — most people have never met anyone with this name. Its strongest period was the 2010s.
Name facts at a glance
How popular is Shaurya?
Shaurya currently falls outside the US top 1,000, which is a large part of why it scores so highly for rarity. Roughly 4 people per million carry it — about 1 in 250,000. In a school of 1,000 pupils you would expect not to find a single one.
Famous people named Shaurya
We have not catalogued a widely known public figure named Shaurya yet. That is part of what makes it a distinctive choice — the name is not already attached to someone else in most people's minds.
Spellings and variants of Shaurya
Names similar to Shaurya
Surya
SOOR-yah
The sun; the Vedic solar deity who rides seven horses
Dhairya
DHYE-ryah
Courage, patience, steadiness of nerve
Bhagat
BUG-ut
Devotee, the title of the saint-poets in the Guru Granth Sahib
Dhaval
DHUH-vul
Dazzling white, pure and bright
Divyansh
div-YAANSH
A part of the divine, a fragment of celestial light
Jagdeep
jug-DEEP
Lamp of the world
Jaydeep
JAY-deep
Lamp of victory, a triumphant light
Keshav
KAY-shuv
One with beautiful long hair, an epithet of Krishna and slayer of Keshi
Shaurya — frequently asked questions
What does the name Shaurya mean?
Shaurya means "Valour, heroism, warrior spirit". It is a name of Sanskrit origin, most often given to a boy.
How do you pronounce Shaurya?
Shaurya is pronounced SHOWR-yah, with 2 syllables.
How rare is the name Shaurya?
Shaurya scores 85 out of 100 on the NameRarity scale, which makes it very rare. Roughly 1 in every 250,000 people carry it — about 4 per million.
What is the numerology number for Shaurya?
Shaurya carries the expression number 3, known as The Storyteller. Its soul urge number is 5 and its personality number is 7.
What is the lucky number and lucky colour for Shaurya?
The lucky number for Shaurya is 3 (with 12, 21, 30 also favourable), and its lucky colour is Lilac Amethyst. The traditional lucky day is Thursday and the associated gemstone is Amethyst.