Soraya (Persian: ثريا )is a female name of Persian origin meaning "rich"[1] and "Princess"[2], and is a reference to the Pleiades. It may refer to:
- Soraya Tarzi (1899–1968), wife of King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan; as Queen she was an outspoken feminist leader
- Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari (1932–2001), second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, known during her marriage as Queen Soraya
- Soraya (musician) (1969–2006), Colombian-American singer/songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer, Grammy winner Singer-songwriter and breast cancer advocate.
- Soraya Arnelas, a Spanish singer
- Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, Spanish politician in People's Party
- Soraya Saga, Japanese illustrator and video-game story-writer
- Soraya, a small lunar crater within Alphonsus
- Soraya Sepahpour, Iranian-American political analyst and researcher
- Soraya Serajeddini (1960–2006), Kurdish-Iranian human rights activist
- Soraya Telles (born 1958), Brazilian former middle distance runner
- Sooraya Qadir (Dust), a Marvel comic book character from the X-Men series
