80%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Persian, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazilian) Scripts ثریا(Persian) Pronounced Pron. /so.ɾæ.ˈjɒː/(Persian) /so.ˈɾa.ʝa/(Spanish) [key·simplify] 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, Thuraya, Thurayya(Arabic) Suraya(Malay) Süreyya(Turkish) User SubmissionSoraya PopularityDetails Last ranked #166 in 2013 Belgium Last ranked #924 in 1980 Brazil (by decade) Last ranked #608 in 2023 England and Wales Last ranked #461 in 2023 France Last ranked #141 in 2023 Italy 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 Categories celestial, Chocolatier characters, Genshin Impact characters, modern English, modern French, modern Portuguese, modern Spanish, mythology, nature, Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest, Squishmallows