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 (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), 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