Meaning: The Pleiades star cluster
The story
Soraya is the Persian form of Arabic Thurayya, the Pleiades. Its meaning refers to a particular star cluster.
Nicknames
- Raya
- Sora
Spellings & variants
- Thurayya
- Suraya
- Soraia
- Zoraya
Popularity
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In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.
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Origins
Soraya comes from Persian and Arabic.
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