Surya
Surya is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Mostly male
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, India and Sri Lanka
- US records 1880–2017
- 853 male / 249 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Surya
If you do not know Surya’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Surya,” in English, “Guten Tag Surya,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Surya,
German
Guten Tag Surya,
French
Bonjour Surya,
Spanish
Estimado/a Surya:
Chinese
Surya您好：
Japanese
Surya様
English
Hi Surya,
German
Hi Surya,
French
Salut Surya,
Spanish
Hola Surya,
Chinese
Surya你好：
Japanese
Suryaさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | man's name |
| India and Sri Lanka | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
853 male · 249 female · 1,102 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 77.3% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Surya a male or female name?
Surya is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Surya in an email?
If you do not know Surya’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Surya,” in English, “Guten Tag Surya,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Surya a unisex name?
Surya is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Surya a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/surya. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_surya,
title = {Is Surya a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/surya},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}