Entry № 2134 · Sanskrit origin

Saranyu Saranyu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sah-RAH-nyoo /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Vedic goddess of the swift clouds"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "vedic goddess of the swift clouds".

Saranyu (सरण्यू) is from the Sanskrit root sṛ ("to flow, run"). **The Vedic goddess of the dawn-clouds** — **wife of Vivasvant (the sun) and mother of Yama and Yami** (the first humans / Lord of Death). **The earliest Indo-European goddess associated with the cloud-mares**, and the etymological root of the Greek *Erinyes* (the Furies). **Her cosmic chase by the sun is one of the foundational myths of the Rigveda.**

Featured in Rigveda 10.17.

Vedic swift-cloud goddess. Mother of Yama and Yami; root of the Greek Erinyes.

The name in its native script.

सरण्यू
Transliteration
Saraṇyū
Pronunciation
/ səˈrɑː.njuː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Saranyu stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Saranyu · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Saranyus before her.

Real people
Saranyu
Vedic goddess.
In fiction
Saranyu
Rigveda 10.17.

Names connected to Saranyu.

The number behind Saranyu.

4

The Builder

Saranyu reduces to four — the number of Vedic cloud-goddess.

Why families chose this name.

"Vedic cloud-goddess. Seven letters. Saranyu."
Priya · Mother of one · Varanasi