Soraya
Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Persian language |
Meaning | Pleiades |
Region of origin | Western Asia |
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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-Bakhtiari (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 Moraes (born 1973), Brazilian singer, four-time Latin Grammy Award winner
- Soraya Post (born 1956), Swedish politician
- Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría (born 1971), Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
- 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 Sikander, Pakistani artist
- 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
Other[]
- 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
See also[]
- Saraya (disambiguation)
- Sabina (disambiguation)
- Sabrina (disambiguation)
- Sarah (disambiguation)
- Sarai (disambiguation) / or Serai / Saraj
- Sarina (disambiguation)
- Sarita (disambiguation)
- Sariya (disambiguation)
- Seraiah, a Hebrew name
- Seraya (disambiguation)
- Surya (disambiguation)
References[]
Categories:
- Given names
- Pakistani feminine given names
- Persian feminine given names
- Spanish feminine given names