Save Gender Masculine Usage Ancient, Sanskrit, Khmer Scripts सूर्यवर्मन्(Sanskrit) សូរ្យវរ្ម័ន(Khmer) Pronounced Pron. SOOR-yuh-var-mun(Ancient) [key] Meaning & History Devirved from "Surya" (सूर्य) meaning "sun" and "varman" (वर्मन्) meaning "protector" or "shield".