Mayura comes from Sanskrit mayūra (मयूर) meaning “peacock”, an Indian male name. In Hindu mythology, the peacock is a sacred bird believed to have been created from the feathers of the Garuda, also a legendary bird in HIndu myth. Mayura is also a Japanese female name with a variety of meanings depending on the kanji used:
- “cocoon + good; pleasing; skilled” (繭良);
- “true; reality; Buddhist sect + wherefore; a reason + good; pleasing; skilled” (真由良);
- “true; reality; Buddhist sect + bow (archery; violin)+good; pleasing; skilled” (真弓良);
- “true; reality; Buddhist sect + echo; sound” (真響);
- “true; reality; Buddhist sect + tie; bind + good; pleasing; skilled” (真結良);
- “true; reality; Buddhist sect + evening + gauze; thin silk; Rome” (真夕羅);
- “dance; flit; circle; wheel + tie; bind + good; pleasing; skilled” (舞結良);
- “true; reality; Buddhist sect + friend + good; pleasing; skilled” (真友良);
- “hemp; flax + friend + gauze; thin silk; Rome” (麻友羅);
- “hemp; flax + wherefore; a reason + come; due; next” (麻由来);
- “cocoon” (繭);
- “ten thousand + friend + gauze; thin silk; Rome” (万友羅)
Written in hiragana it’s まゆら.
Origin: Sanskrit, Japanese
Male forms:
- Mayur (Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati)
