Araya (name)
Surname
Araya, is a Spanish surname of Basque and also Catalan origin. A Japanese surname Araya of unrelated origin also exists, "usually written with characters meaning 'wild valley' or 'new valley'". People with the surname Araya or Araia include:
- Felipe Araya, Chilean footballer
- Francesco Araia, Italian composer
- Guillermo Araya, Chilean handball player
- Graciela Araya, Chilean-born Austrian mezzo-soprano opera singer
- Johnny Araya Monge, Costa Rican politician
- Pedro Araya Toro, Chilean footballer
- Rayén Araya, Chilean radio and television journalist
- Rolando Araya Monge, Costa Rican socialist politician
- Tom Araya, Chilean-born American musician, lead singer and bass player with Slayer
- Tomohiro Araya, Japanese wushu practitioner
- Yerko Araya, Chilean racewalker
- Zuliana Araya, Chilean politician and LGBTQ activist
Given name
Araya is a Tigray-Tigrinya given name/lineage name. People with this name include:- Araya Desta, Eritrean diplomat
- Araya A. Hargate, Thai actress, model and television personality
- Araya Mengesha, Canadian actor
- Araya Selassie Yohannes, Ethiopian army commander and nobleman
- Gugsa Araya Selassie, son of Araya Selassie Yohannes
- Zeudi Araya, Eritrean actress