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ثُرَيَّا
Soraya
soo-RAY-yah
“The Pleiades star cluster.”
About Soraya
Soraya is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "the pleiades star cluster" — an Arabic-Persian name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
From the Arabic name for the Pleiades. Evokes brilliance and constancy.
Common in Persian, Turkish, and Arab families.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic · Persian
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Suraya, Thuraya
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Soraya is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Soraya
- What does the name Soraya mean?
- Soraya (ثُرَيَّا) means "The Pleiades star cluster". From the Arabic name for the Pleiades. Evokes brilliance and constancy.
- Is Soraya a name from the Qur'an?
- Soraya does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic-Persian name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Soraya a boy or a girl name?
- Soraya is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Soraya come from?
- Soraya is an Arabic-Persian name, built on the root letters Th-R-Y. Common in Persian, Turkish, and Arab families.
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