Soraya

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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[]

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