Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Malay, Indonesian Scripts سوريا(Malay Jawi) Other Forms FormsSurya, Suriya Meaning & History Means "sun" in Malay, ultimately from Sanskri सूर्य (surya), also used as an Indonesian variant of Surya. It is used solely as a feminine name among Malaysian Malays while it is unisex (more commonly masculine) in Indonesia.