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رُؤْيَا
Roya
ROH-yaa
“Vision, dream.”
About Roya
Roya is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "vision, dream" — a Persian-Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Persian feminine name from Arabic 'ru'ya' (vision, dream). Connotes a beautiful or prophetic dream.
Origin & roots
Origin
Persian · Arabic
Gender
Girl
Root letters
Persian and Arabic share many roots through centuries of Islamic scholarship; Roya's consonants live comfortably in both.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Roya
- What does the name Roya mean?
- Roya (رُؤْيَا) means "Vision, dream". Persian feminine name from Arabic 'ru'ya' (vision, dream). Connotes a beautiful or prophetic dream.
- Is Roya a name from the Qur'an?
- Roya does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Persian-Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Roya a boy or a girl name?
- Roya is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Roya come from?
- Roya is a Persian-Arabic name, built on the root letters R-ʾ-Y.
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