Given name
Sheraya
“a very bright light”
Sheraya is a variant of Shera. One Aramaic interpretation is “a very bright light.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sheraya is a variant of Shera. One Aramaic interpretation is “a very bright light.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sheraya is a variant of Shera. An origin associated with Shera is Aramaic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sheraya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 0 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sheraya’s family of names
Sheraya has a related form in Shera.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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