Thurayya
The high visibility of the star cluster Pleiades in the night sky and its position along the ecliptic has given it importance in many cultures, ancient and modern. Its heliacal rising, which moves through the seasons over millennia was nonetheless a date of folklore or ritual for various ancestral groups, so too its yearly heliacal setting.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Thurayya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The high visibility of the star cluster Pleiades in the night sky and its position along the ecliptic has given it importance in many cultures, ancient and modern. Its heliacal rising, which moves through the seasons over millennia was nonetheless a date of folklore or ritual for various ancestral groups, so too its yearly heliacal setting.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Thurayya
Thurayya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1972, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1972, when 5 Thurayyas were born — ranking #8,292 that year. As of 2026, Thurayya ranks #8,292 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 5 Thurayyas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Thurayya
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Thurayya. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Where is Thurayya most common?
Predicted country distribution based on naming patterns globally.
- UG37%
- Malaysia33%
- Singapore15%
- HK13%
- SA2%
Source: Nationalize.io . Probabilities are global naming-pattern estimates, not strict counts.
Names that sound like Thurayya
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About the name Thurayya
Thurayya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Thurayya's peak popularity came in 1972 when it ranked #8,292. Use the chart and map above to compare Thurayya's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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