Soraya or Sabrina for a girl

[WillowGreen]

Which of these names do you like best?

Sabrina. It's on my list with Serena and Sophie/ Sophia for S names.

I love both but Soraya is one of my favourite names ever.

I prefer Sabine to Sabrina.

Never heard of Soraya, I'd pronounce it like Sore Ayer, is that right?

Sabrina (Bri).

Really I didn't think it was that unusual. It is pronounced Sur-raya.

Both lovely, I also like Seren, Soren and Samara

I think both are perfectly fine.

But I also prefer Sabine to Sabrina (and also to Soraya).

Do you like Saskia?

Definitely Sabrina

I had never heard of Soraya either. I prefer Sabrina of the two.

Soraya

There's a famous ice skater called Suraya Bonaly, the only skater male or female to land a backflip on one foot, she's badass

I prefer Soraya, but yes to Sabine/Sabina!

Sabrina. Soraya makes me think of psoriasis.

Sabrina. I like Sarita too.

Sabrina - never heard the other one

My best friend at primary school was called Soriya, we called her Ria. Lovely name, never met another one.

My name is one of the ones from your list. I have never met another one. I really like the name Serena as well.

They are both beautiful.

Soraya

Soraya is a Muslim name, to me. I know a few and they're all Muslim. It's a lovely name. Sabrina is nice too, but I do think "teenage witch".

Love both names.

How about Sorsha? (Not sure of the spelling though)

Sabrina is nice but Soraya definitely far nicer. The meaning of it is beautiful, as it's name based upon the brightest stars in the sky (the seven sisters).

I know of some girls named this and they spelled their name a little differently

Sureya/suraya.

I know a Soraya, she's Iranian, it's pronounced Sor-eye-a. It's a beautiful name.

I prefer Sabrina, partly due to the psoriasis thing, but I just think it sounds nice, happy and bright. I love Serena too. How about Sumeya?

All the Soraya's I've come across in school so far are Muslim, Jewish or Iranian. It's a gorgeous name imo.

They are both Persian names rather than specifically Muslim. Most people have no idea how to pronounce DP's name so we wanted to choose a name that reflects her heritage that is easy for people to pronounce.

I love them both and really can't decide. People seem to either love or hate Soraya which is interesting. I looked up Suraya Bonaly she is badass. Some of my less pleasant relatives would probably call her psoriasis which i did not think of but we try to avoid them as much as possible,