Given name
Thurayya
“the seven stars in the constellation Taurus”
Thurayya is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “the seven stars in the constellation Taurus.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “the seven stars in the constellation Taurus.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thurayya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 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 1972. 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.
Thurayya’s family of names
Thurayya has a related form in Thuraya. Thurayya has a related form in Surayya. Thurayya has a related form in Surayya.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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