Around the globe, मौर्य (Maurya 
, Maurja , मौर्य ) is quite a rare unisex forename. The given name मौर्य is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Qatar, where it is a rare boy's name, Oman, and United Arab Emirates. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in India, the United States, and Saudi Arabia. Much more frequently, मौर्य is the last name as well as the forename.
मौर्य is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Maurya , the operatic character in the opera Riders to the Sea.