Thuraya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- thoo-RAY-yah
- Origin
- Arabic
Thuraya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the Pleiades”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Thuraya mean?
Arabic: Arabic thurayya, the Pleiades
“the Pleiades”
The Arabic name for the Pleiades, the star cluster also known as the Seven Sisters.
Is Thuraya a girl's or a boy's name?
Thuraya is a girls' name.
How popular is Thuraya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 5 girls.
Thuraya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
Names like Thuraya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Inaya, Aisha, Anaya, Aaliyah, Haniya, Arshiya, Suraya, Amira, Sumaya, Amaya, Khadija, Halima
Names related to Thuraya
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Safa
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, “Thuraya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/thuraya, updated 20 October 2026.