Mayur

/M-AA-Y-UH-R/

Boy HinduJainBuddhist Sanskrit origin IndianMarathi

Peacock — Mayur (Sanskrit मयूर) is the Sanskrit word for 'peacock,' India's national bird and the vehicle of the war-god Karttikeya. The peacock holds rich symbolic value across Indian traditions: dance-grace, royal beauty, monsoon-herald. A common modern Indian boy name.

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Meaning & origin

Mayur is a boy's name of Sanskrit origin, traditionally used in Hindu families. The name means "Peacock — Mayur (Sanskrit मयूर) is the Sanskrit word for 'peacock,' India's national bird and the vehicle of the war-god Karttikeya. The peacock holds rich symbolic value across Indian traditions: dance-grace, royal beauty, monsoon-herald. A common modern Indian boy name." and belongs to the Beauty cluster — names that carry grace, elegance, and aesthetic wonder.

Beyond its Hindu heritage, Mayur is also used in Jain, Buddhist traditions, reflecting how this name has traveled across cultures.

Common among Indian, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Bengali, Punjabi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayali, Singaporean, American, British families, Mayur carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Mayur

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Mayur resonates in either tradition.

Pythagorean
6
nurturing and family devotion
Chaldean
5
freedom and adventurous change

How Mayur sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Mayur breaks down into 5 phonemes: /M-AA-Y-UH-R/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

The six signals, applied to Mayur

NameRoot scores every name across six independent dimensions. Here's how Mayur maps to each — install the app to see the full compatibility score for your specific family.

01 — Birth Star
Nakshatra match
For Hindu families, NameRoot computes the auspicious starting syllables from your baby's birth nakshatra and scores Mayur against them.
02 — Numerology
Destiny alignment
Pythagorean and Chaldean life-path calculations (destiny 6) matched against your family's own numerology profile.
03 — Phonetics
Last-name fit
Rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters measured with IPA to see how Mayur flows with your family name.
04 — Meaning
Beauty
Mayur belongs to the Beauty cluster — names that carry grace, elegance, and aesthetic wonder.
05 — Cultural & Tradition
Hindu
As a Hindu name, Mayur carries religious and cultural weight scored against your family's heritage — plus grandparent-name matches, saint's-day alignment, and generational naming patterns scored against your family tree.
06 — Uniqueness
Popularity balance
How common Mayur is today versus historically — finding the sweet spot between familiar and forgotten.

Names similar to Mayur

If Mayur resonates with you, these names live in the same world — drawn from the same tradition, sharing the same meaning, or echoing a similar sound.

From the same tradition

Other Hindu boy names, common in Indian families

Aarav
From Sanskrit 'arava' (peaceful, calm) or 'rav' (sound, musical note).
Vivaan
Full of life, possessing radiance, from Sanskrit vivān, combining the intensifier vi- with vā (to blow, to breathe). The name evokes the first rays of the morning sun and a vital, breathing energy, casting the bearer as one filled with luminous vitality and the quickening force of dawn.
Vihaan
From Sanskrit vihana (dawn, morning, the early hours).
Aditya
Son of Aditi, belonging to the sun, from Sanskrit, where the Adityas are the solar deities born of the boundless mother Aditi. In ordinary speech the name stands directly for Surya, the sun, making it a bright emblem of light, warmth, and celestial radiance in Hindu tradition.

Sharing the same meaning

Other Hindu boy names from the Beauty cluster

Kunal
Lotus, one with beautiful eyes like the lotus petal — Kunal is the son of Emperor Ashoka, a prince whose eyes were so beautiful that his stepmother had them put out in jealousy. Yet even blinded, he forgave her
Saurabh
Fragrance, the sweet scent — Saurabh (Sanskrit "saurabha") means fragrance, perfume, or pleasant aroma, evoking the cherished Hindu cultural association between fragrance and the sacred. The name suggests a child whose presence is as welcome and uplifting as a beautiful scent, and who carries beauty without needing to be seen.
Rajeev
Blue lotus, the cherished one — Rajeev (also Rajiv) is another Sanskrit name for the lotus, specifically the blue lotus (nilkamal). It is one of the names of Vishnu, who is often described in Sanskrit poetry as having lotus-like eyes ("rajiv-lochan"). The name carries the same sacred-beauty connotations as Pankaj but with the specific poetic quality of the blue lotus.

Names that sound similar

Hindu boy names that open with the same syllables as Mayur

Mahendra
Great Indra, the great king — Mahendra (Kannada ಮಹೇಂದ್ರ, from maha 'great' + indra 'king of the devas') names Indra in his fullest majesty and serves also as an epithet of Shiva. It was borne by Mahendra of the Maurya line, Ashoka's son, who carried Buddhism to Sri Lanka.
Masahiro
Righteous and broad-minded — combining masa (correct/righteous) with hiro (broad). Moral clarity with open-mindedness.
Manik
Jewel and precious gem, from Sanskrit manikya, the word for the prized red ruby. A compact Bengali masculine name with literary depth, it treats the bearer as something rare and treasured, the brilliant red stone serving across classical Indian poetry as the very image of value and beauty.

Common questions about Mayur

What does the name Mayur mean?

Mayur means "Peacock — Mayur (Sanskrit मयूर) is the Sanskrit word for 'peacock,' India's national bird and the vehicle of the war-god Karttikeya. The peacock holds rich symbolic value across Indian traditions: dance-grace, royal beauty, monsoon-herald. A common modern Indian boy name.." It is a boy name of Sanskrit origin, traditionally used in Hindu families.

Is Mayur a boy or girl name?

Mayur is most commonly used as a boy name.

What is the origin of the name Mayur?

Mayur is of Sanskrit origin, used in Hindu, Jain, Buddhist traditions, commonly among Indian, Marathi, Gujarati families.

What is the numerology of Mayur?

Mayur has a Pythagorean destiny number of 6 — nurturing and family devotion.

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