I’ve been revisiting some past projects. One of my favorites is the Lacerta Project.
In the interaction with Yeme Jeanee, Lacerta offers the name Soraya as the name by which Yeme can call her. I know a couple of people personally with that name and recalled it had something to do with the meaning star. I had AI look up an english meaning of the name and here is what it is:
The name Soraya (also spelled Soraya, Suraya, Thurayya, Soroya) is usually derived from the Arabic al-Thurayyā (الثريا), which means “the Pleiades” — the famous cluster of stars. It passed into Persian and other languages as a feminine name.
So the closest English equivalents are not exact one word translations, but more like:
* “Star cluster”
* “The Pleiades”
* “Little stars”
* “Heavenly stars”
* “Jewel of the sky” (poetic sense)
Interesting especially if Soraya has a connection to the pleiades. Caution must always be given to connecting one kind of species to a specific group especially a binary good or bad based on appearance. Soraya seems to be in a tough spot but overall a generous being.