Soraya is a feminine Arabic and Persian name. It is derived from the Arabic name for the Pleiades star cluster, Thurayyā or Suraya. The name, also spelled Zoraya, is used in Spain and throughout the Spanish-speaking world with an origin in Al-Andalus. One historical example is Isabel de Solís, one of the final princesses of the Nasrid dynasty of Granada who converted to Islam and took the name Soraya or Zoraya. 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.

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Soraya (Persian: ثریا) is a feminine Arabic and Persian name. It is derived from the Arabic name for the Pleiades star cluster, Thurayyā or Suraya (Arabic: ثُرَيَّا). The name, also spelled Zoraya, is used in Spain and throughout the Spanish-speaking world with an origin in Al-Andalus. One historical example is Isabel de Solís, one of the final princesses of the Nasrid dynasty of Granada who converted to Islam and took the name Soraya or Zoraya. 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.\n

For phonological reasons, it is usually transcribed as Suraya in Afghanistan and Surayyo in Tajikistan.\n

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People

Isabel de Solís (before 1471-1510), princess of the Nasrid dynasty of Islamic Spain who converted to Islam from Christianity and took the name Soraya or Zoraya before eventually returning to the use of her Christian name.
Soraya (1969–2006), Colombian-American singer/songwriter
Soraya Antonius (1932–2017) Palestinian writer, filmmaker, curator
Soraya Bedjora Adiong (1944–2024), Filipino politician
Soraya Alekozei (born 1955), Afghan-German interpreter and veteran
Soraya Arnelas (born 1982), Spanish singer
Soraya Ray Bañas (born 1989), Filipina singer, comedienne and actress better known as Kitkat
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 Marcano (born 1965), American visual artist
Soraya Martínez Ferrada (born 1972), Chilean-born Canadian politician
Soraya Milla (born 1989), French filmmaker
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
Suraiya Multanikar (born 1940), Pakistani singer
Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903–1989), first female lawyer in Turkish history

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
Soraya (satellite), an Iranian satellite launched in 2024
Soraya (wasp), a genus of parasitoid wasp named after entomologist Soraya Alencar

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