Soraya

Soraya
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Persian language
Meaning	gem or 'princess' when used as a name
Region of origin	Persia, modern day Iran

Soraya (Persian: ثريا ) is a feminine given name of Persian origin. It may refer to:

• Soraya (musician) (1969–2006), Colombian-American singer/songwriter
• Soraya Arnelas (born 1982), Spanish singer
• Soraya Ray L. Bañas (Kitkat) (born 1989), Filipina singer, comedian, and actress
• Soraya Córdova (born 1959), Mexican politician
• Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari (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 is the subject of the 2008 film The Stoning of Soraya M..
• Soraya Moraes (born 1973), Brazilian singer, 4 time Latin Grammy Award winner
• Soraya Post (born 1956), Swedish politician
• Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, American journalist for National Public Radio
• Sooraya Qadir (Dust), a Marvel comic book character from the X-Men series
• Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría (born 1971), Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
• Soraya Saga (born 1969), Japanese illustrator and video-game story-writer
• Soraya Serajeddini (1960–2006), Kurdish-Iranian human rights activist
• Soraya Tarzi (1899–1968), wife of King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan
• Soraya Telles (born 1958), Brazilian former middle distance runner

Other

• Soraya, a small lunar crater within Alphonsus
• Soraya, a song on the album Animals as Leaders by the band of the same name
• a sunflower variety