Given name & surname · also Sanskrit
Maurya
“peacock”
Maurya is a surname from Sanskrit, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Maurya comes from Sanskrit, and ultimately from Proto-Dravidian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Sanskrit मौर्य, from Proto-Dravidian *mayVr.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maurya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 156
- 26 boys · 130 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 306 as a first name in 2020; 358 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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