Soraya is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “brilliant gem; Pleiades.” In 2024 it was given to 290 girls in the United States.
Soraya belongs to the Muslim & Arabic and Spanish tradition. Its meaning — “brilliant gem; Pleiades” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Soraya first appears in Social Security records in 1955. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #913 in 2024, and in 2024 290 babies received the name — 6,496 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Soraya means “brilliant gem; Pleiades” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Soraya is a girl name. In 2024, 290 babies received the name in the US.
Soraya comes from the Muslim & Arabic and Spanish tradition.
Soraya first appears in US records in 1955. Its best-ever ranking was #913 in 2024, and 290 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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