Sureya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-RAY-yah
- Origin
- Arabic
Sureya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the Pleiades”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sureya mean?
Arabic: Turkish Sureyya, from Arabic Thurayya 'the Pleiades'
“the Pleiades”
Thurayya is the Arabic name of the Pleiades star cluster.
Is Sureya a girl's or a boy's name?
Sureya is a girls' name.
How popular is Sureya 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 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sureya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sureya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
Names like Sureya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shreya Aisha Prisha Saanvi Arshiya Saanvika Anya Shriya Akshara Inaya Anvika Haniya
Names related to Sureya
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn 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, “Sureya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sureya, updated 20 October 2026.