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Soraya

Meaning — From Persian "Sorayā", the Persian name for the Pleiades star cluster — the same constellation called "Parveen" in classical Persian poetry. The Pleiades were used to mark seasons for agriculture and navigation, and their Persian name carries associations of celestial beauty, rare clustering of brilliance, and the melancholy beauty of distant stars.·Persian origin·Female·so-RAY-yah

Soraya Soraya carries the cold, distant, jeweled beauty of a star cluster — a name for characters of striking, multi-faceted beauty who are admired from afar, whose inner lives are as vast and complex as the night sky they are named for. Characters named Soraya often project a regal inaccessibility that draws others in rather than repelling them.

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Historical FictionRomanceLiterary FictionFantasy

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SorayaSuraiyaSurayaSurayya

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Soraya ShiraziSoraya TehraniSoraya EsfahaniSoraya HosseiniSoraya MoradiSoraya Karimi

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