Saraya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in England and Wales.
Saraya by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Saraya. In the US, 45 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 70 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Saraya
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Saraya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sorayaprincess or star constellation76 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sariyaclouds at night; a form of Sariah75 in the US (2017)
- Sarayprincess; a form of Sarah43 in the US (2017)
- Sarayahprincess of god; a form of Sarah8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sarayuthe quickly flowing river; name of a sacred river39 in the US (2017)
- Surayathe pleiades star cluster14 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Saraya
Names that are said the same way as Saraya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Sariahprincess; a modern respelling of Sarah370 in the US (2017)
- Sarahiprincess; a form of Sarah248 in the US (2017)
- Saharadesert; from the Sahara region123 in the US (2017)
- Sarahyprincess; a spelling variant of Sarah19 in the US (2017)
- Saraeprincess; variant spelling of sarah15 in the US (2017)
- Saraiahprincess of god; elaborated form of sarah15 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Saraya
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