Supriya

Classical Sanskrit origin

सुप्रिय (supriya): n. (-) very dear or pleasant.

Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Kumbh
• Nakshatra: Uttara Bhadrapada
• More names starting with S

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “n. (-) very dear or pleasant”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Subhadra — n. (-) very glorious or splendid or auspicious or fortunate
• Swathi — Meanings families give: A star, pure; A star, very clean, pure; Pure, clean, bright star Swati
• Prashanth — Meanings families give: Peaceful, calm; Calm, serene and peaceful in mind and spirit; Very calm, peaceful, serene
• Abhinav — n. quite new or young, very young
• Sunil — very black or blue
• Sudha — (-) very firm or hard or strong

More girls' names of Sanskrit / Sanskrit-Bengali / Sanskrit-Malayalam / Sanskrit-Telugu origin

• Radhika — Meanings families give: Successful, prosperity, Radha; Goddess Radha, successful, prosperous; Beloved of Krishna; successful, prosperous; Beloved of Krishna, prosperity

Other names under Kumbh rashi

• Saanvi — Meanings families give: Goddess Lakshmi; Goddess Lakshmi, one who follows; Goddess Lakshmi, knowledge
• Shreya — Meanings families give: Auspicious, fortunate; Auspicious, fortunate, excellent; Auspicious, best; one who brings good fortune; Auspicious, better, fortunate; Auspicious, fortunate, prosperity; Beautiful, auspicious, fortunate
• Siya — Meanings families give: Goddess Sita; Goddess Sita, white; Goddess Sita, pure white
• Shiv — n. auspicious, propitious, gracious, favourable, benign, kind, benevolent, friendly, dear ( ind. kindly, tenderly)
• Shivansh — Meanings families give: Part of Lord Shiva; Part of Shiva, a divine fragment of the cosmic lord
• Siddharth — Meanings families give: One who has attained; One who has accomplished his goals, Gautam Buddha; One who has attained his goals, Buddha; One who has attained his goals; One who has attained his goal; One who has attained goals; the Buddha

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Kumbh names.

Where this comes from

Supriya's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.