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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Persian language |
| Meaning | Pleiades |
| Region of origin | Western Asia |
Look up Soraya in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Soraya (Persian: ثریا) is a feminine Persian name. It is derived from the Arabic name for the Pleiades star cluster, Thurayya (Arabic: ثريّة).[1] The name is also popular in Europe due to its association with Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, who became a European socialite.
For phonological reasons, it is usually transcribed as Suraya in Afghanistan and Surayo in Tajikistan.
People
- Soraya (1969–2006), Colombian-American singer/songwriter
- Soraya Alekozei (born 1955), Afghan-German interpreter and veteran
- Soraya Arnelas (born 1982), Spanish singer
- Soraya Ray L. Bañas (Kitkat) (born 1989), Filipina singer, comedienne and actress
- Soraya Brigui (born 2005), singer and 2018 finalist of The Voice Kids (Belgium).
- Soraya Córdova (born 1959), Mexican politician
- Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1932–2001), second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, known during her marriage as Queen Soraya
- Soraya Jiménez (1977–2013), Mexican weightlifter, first female athlete from Mexico to win an Olympic gold medal
- Soraya Manutchehri, subject of the 2008 film The Stoning of Soraya M.
- Soraya Martínez Ferrada (born 1972), Chilean-born Canadian politician
- Soraya Moraes (born 1973), Brazilian singer, four-time Latin Grammy Award winner
- Soraya Peke-Mason (born 1957/1958), New Zealand politician
- Soraya Post (born 1956), Swedish politician
- Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría (born 1971), Spanish politician
- Soraya Saga (born 1969), Japanese illustrator and video-game story-writer
- Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, American journalist for National Public Radio
- Soraya Serajeddini (1960–2006), Kurdish-Iranian human rights activist
- Soraya Tarzi (1899–1968), wife of King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan, known during her marriage as Queen Soraya
- Soraya Telles (born 1958), Brazilian former middle-distance runner
- Suraiya (1929–2004), Indian actress and singer
- Suraiya Hasan Bose (1928–2021), Indian textile conservator
Other
- Sorayya (newspaper), Persian weekly newspaper published between 1898 and 1900 in Cairo
- Soraya, a small lunar crater within Alphonsus
- Sooraya Qadir (Dust), a Marvel comic book character from the X-Men series
- Soraya, a song on the album Animals as Leaders by the band of the same name
- a sunflower variety
- Soraya Montenegro, a character in María la del Barrio portrayed by Itatí Cantoral
- Suraiya Nagar, village in Madhya Pradesh, India
See also
References
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