79%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Persian, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazilian) Scripts ثریا(Persian) Pronounced Pron. so-ray-YAW(Persian) so-RA-ya(Spanish) [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Persian form of Thurayya. It became popular in some parts of Europe because of the fame of Princess Soraya (1932-2001), wife of the last Shah of Iran, who became a European socialite. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantSoraia(Portuguese) Other Languages & CulturesSuraya, Surayya, Thurayya(Arabic) Süreyya(Turkish) User SubmissionSoraya PopularityDetails Last ranked #924 in 1980 Brazil (by decade) Last ranked #654 in 2021 England and Wales Last ranked #411 in 2021 France Last ranked #503 in 2018 Netherlands Last ranked #98 in 2006 Spain Last ranked #87 in 2013 Switzerland Last ranked #986 in 2021 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic formal upper class wholesome refined strange complex serious nerdy Categories celestial, Chocolatier characters, Genshin Impact characters, modern English, modern French, modern Portuguese, modern Spanish, mythology, nature