Re: HELP RE: female name SORAYA!
The origin of the name “Soraya” is Persian/Dari and means “princess.” The Dari spelling is ثريا
Also, the name Soraya itself is not originally Arabic. It is the Persian variant of the Arabic name Thurayya, (spelled ثريّة ثريّا in Arabic) which means “the Pleiades.” Thurayya, which is the original Arabic form, doesn’t mean “constellation” but rather refers to a specific constellation, the Pleaides, which are a group of seven stars which are part of the larger “Taurus” constellation.