Sariyah – meaning, origin & history of the first name

• Origin: Arabic سارية
• Urdu: سریا
• Hindi:  सरिया
• Bengla: সারিয়া
• Meaning: “clouds at night.”
• Gender: Female

Sariyah سارية is from an Arabic word that means “clouds at night.”

It is derived from the Arabic root S-R-A, and can be associated with “night rain” or “night travel.”

Saria and Sarya is the Urdu transliteration and is popular in Pakistan and India among Muslims.

Other forms include:

• Sarija Сария (Abkhazian, Albanian, Azeri, Bashkir, Bosnian, Chechen, Circassian, Dagestani, Kazakh, Ossetian, Tajik)
• Sәrija Сәрия (Tatar)

Sources

• https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Sariya
• https://www.almaany.com/en/dict/ar-en/sariyah/
• https://quranicnames.com/sariya/
• https://www.behindthename.com/name/sarya/submitted