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Aditya - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Aditya

[ syll. a-di-tya, ad-it-ya ] The boy name Aditya is pronounced ahDahTYah KEY. Aditya's language of origin is Sanskrit and it is used largely in the Indian language. The name means 'sun'.

Aditya is somewhat popular as a baby boy name. The name's popularity has been growing since the 2000s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.015% of baby boys being given the name Aditya. It had a ranking of #702 then. Among all boy names in its family, Aditya was the most frequently used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Aditya include Awotwi (Akan), Idowu (Yoruban), Aadi (Indian), Aatto (Finnish), Aatu (Finnish), Adad (Arabic and English), Adao (Portuguese and Spanish), Adão (Portuguese), Addie (English), Addy (Spanish), Adi (Hungarian and Yiddish), Adie (Scottish and English), Audie (English), Itay (Hebrew), Odey (English), Otha (English), Otho (German), Otto (Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, and Scandinavian), Ottó (Hungarian), and Ad (English and Dutch).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Aditya: AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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Meaning of Aditya