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[Facts] Use of Soraya or Soraja in Spain & Latin America
I got a question from a man who knows a few women from Spain or Latin America named Soraya or Soraja. He wants to know if this name is a survival from Moorish times in Iberia, or if it is a recent introduction due to the fame of Queen Soraya of Iran back in the 1950s.http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Soraya_EsfandiaryI would assume Queen Soraya is a better idea than a survival from medieval Muslim culture, but I thought I should check to see if Lumia or someone else with access to data from Spain can confirm that.
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Use of Soraya or Soraja in Spain & Latin America  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  6/2/2009, 5:43 AM
Re: Use of Soraya or Soraja in Spain & Latin America  ·  Lumia  ·  6/2/2009, 9:35 AM
Thanks so much ! :) (nt)  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  6/2/2009, 11:42 AM