Given name
Saurav
“fragrance, aroma”
Saurav is a masculine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “fragrance, aroma.”
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Saurav through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 203
- 203 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 760 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Saurav’s family of names
In English usage, Saurav has a related form in SOURAV. In English usage, Saurav has a related form in SOURAV. In English usage, Saurav has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form सौरव.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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