Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Syria isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Syria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 567
- 0 boys · 567 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −44%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 540 as a first name in 2020; 124 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.
Syria’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Ashershares a root
- Shilohshares a root
- Sharonshares a root
- Asrielshares a root
- Asherahshares a root
- Jeshershares a root
- Jasharshares a root
- Asshurshares a root
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People named Syria
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Syria, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
Serena
“having a peaceful disposition”
>99% girls
Salma
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>99% girls
Isabela
“my God is bountiful”
>99% girls
Sierra
“from the jagged mountain range”
>99% girls