Entry № 10577 · Arabic origin

Thuraya Thuraya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ thoo-RAH-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Pleiades constellation (Quranic Surah An-Najm)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "pleiades constellation (quranic surah an-najm)".

Thuraya is from the Arabic ثريا (Thurayyā — Pleiades, cluster of stars). Thuraya is one of the Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Muslim heritage. Arabic feminine name reflecting Quranic-astronomical heritage.

Pleiades constellation (Arabic).

The name in its native script.

ثريا
Transliteration
Thurayyā
Pronunciation
/ θuːˈrɑː.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Thuraya stands.

Thuraya does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Thurayas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Thurayya / Pleiades
Seven-star cluster in Taurus + Quran 53:1 Surah An-Najm + Al-Thurayyā 3rd lunar mansion.
Quran

Names connected to Thuraya.

The number behind Thuraya.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Thuraya reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.