Araya (name)

Surname

Araya, is a Spanish surname of Basque and also Catalan origin.^[1] A Japanese surname Araya of unrelated origin also exists, "usually written with characters meaning 'wild valley' or 'new valley'".^[1] People with the surname Araya or Araia include:

• Felipe Araya (born 1991), Chilean footballer
• Francesco Araia (1709–1770?), Italian composer
• Guillermo Araya (born 1985), Chilean handball player
• Graciela Araya (born 1962), Chilean-born Austrian mezzo-soprano opera singer
• Johnny Araya Monge (born 1957), Costa Rican politician
• Pedro Araya Toro (born 1942), Chilean footballer
• Rayén Araya (born 1981), Chilean radio and television journalist
• Rolando Araya Monge (born 1947), Costa Rican socialist politician
• Tom Araya (born 1961), Chilean-born American musician, lead singer and bass player with Slayer
• Tomohiro Araya (荒谷 友碩; born 1994), Japanese wushu practitioner
• Yerko Araya (born 1986), Chilean racewalker
• Zuliana Araya (born 1964), Chilean politician and LGBTQ activist

Given name

Araya is a Tigray-Tigrinya given name/lineage name. People with this name include:

• Araya Desta (1945–2021), Eritrean diplomat
• Araya A. Hargate (born 1981), Thai actress, model and television personality
• Araya Mengesha (born 1989), Canadian actor
• Araya Selassie Yohannes (1867–1888), Ethiopian army commander and nobleman
• Gugsa Araya Selassie (1885–1932), son of Araya Selassie Yohannes
• Zeudi Araya (born 1951), Eritrean actress