Soraia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soh-RY-uh
- Origin
- Arabic
Soraia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the Pleiades”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Soraia mean?
Arabic: Portuguese form of Soraya, from Arabic Thurayya
“the Pleiades”
Portuguese spelling of Soraya, the name of the Pleiades star cluster; Queen Soraya of Iran bore it in the 1950s.
Is Soraia a girl's or a boy's name?
Soraia is a girls' name.
How popular is Soraia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Soraia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Soraia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
Names like Soraia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia, Lola, Safa, Summer, Sienna, Amira, Lucia, Syeda, Dua, Julia, Safiya, Liyana
Names related to Soraia
Soraya, Saira, Suraiya, Sora, Soraiya, Sorayah, Saria, Seraiah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Soraia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/soraia, updated 20 October 2026.