Given name & surname · also Turkish
Süreyya
Süreyya is a unisex given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Süreyya comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish ثریا (Süreyya), from Arabic ثُرَيَّا.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Süreyya’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Süreyya continues an earlier form in ثریا.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Süreyya
- Süreyya AğaoğluTurkish writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in Turkish history1903–1989
- Süreyya AyhanTurkish middle-distance runner (born 1978)
- Süreyya ÖzkefeTurkish association football player (1939–2025)
- Süreyya Aylin AntmenTurkish poet and writer (born 1981)
- Süreyya CilivTurkish businessperson (born 1958)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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