Girl name · Arabic
ثريا
Suraiya name meaning
thu-RAI-yaa
“The Pleiades star cluster”
About the name
GenderGirl
OriginArabic
Questions parents ask
What does Suraiya mean?
Suraiya (ثريا) means “The Pleiades star cluster”.
How do you pronounce Suraiya?
Suraiya is pronounced thu-RAI-yaa.
Is Suraiya a boy's or a girl's name?
Suraiya is a girl's name.
How is Suraiya written in Arabic?
In Arabic it is written ثريا.
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Meaning checked in Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (London, 1863–1893), which gives: “The Pleiades; the Third Mansion of the Moon”. See the entry ↗