Given name & surname · also Spanish
Siria
“bright like the sun”·“a glowing woman”
Siria is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “bright like the sun” and “a glowing woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “bright like the sun” and “a glowing woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Spanish and Persian naming traditions.
How it developed
In Italian usage, Siria is a feminine form of SIRIO.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Siria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 306
- 0 boys · 306 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 16 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 girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 937 as a first name in 2020; 166 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.
Siria’s family of names
In Italian usage, Siria is a feminine form of SIRIO. Siria has a related form in Sirea. Siria has a related form in Sireah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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