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Girl name Persian origin classic tradition

Soraya

soh-RAH-yah · 6 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Princess; the Pleiades star cluster
Language
Persian
Culture
Persian
Religion
classic
Style era
modern
Themes
Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (Empress) · Soraya Manutchehri
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#913
2024 births290
Peak year2024
First appeared1955
Total US births6,496
2024 peak19551972199020072024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Sora
Alternate spellings
SorayyaSuraya
In other languages
Soraya (Persian)Soraya (Arabic

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