Around the world, سوريا (Surya 
, Soraya , Soria ) is a widespread gender-neutral first name. The forename سوريا is characteristic of Qatar, where it is quite a common principally masculine, but very infrequently female name, Indonesia, where it is quite a common dominantly male, but uncommonly girly name, and Spain, where it is quite a common mostly feminine, but infrequently masculine name (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in India, Indonesia, and Spain. Likewise, سوريا is the last name as well as the forename.
سوريا is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Soraya Montenegro de la Vega Montalban , the soap opera character, María la del Barrio and Surya Bai , the mythologic character of the Hindu religion.