Oya (name)
Oya is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Oya" means "lace", "Irish lace", and/or "lagestromia indica".
Ōya, also spelled Ohya or Oya, is a Japanese surname. In Japanese, the meaning of the name depends on the kanji used to write it; some ways of writing the name include "big arrow", "big house", and "big valley".
People
Given name
- Oya Araslı, a Turkish law scholar and politician, and first woman group deputy chairman of Turkey
- Oya Aydoğan, Turkish actress
- Oya Başar, Turkish comedy actress
- Oya Baydar, Turkish sociologist and writer
- Oya Eczacıbaşı, Turkish museum director
- Oya Ekici, Turkish para-karateka
- Oya Kayacık, Turkish philanthropist
- Oya Tuzcuoğlu, Turkish diplomat
Surname
- Bruno O'Ya, Polish–Estonian actor
- Goichi Oya, captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy
- Hisakatsu Oya, Japanese wrestler
- José Oya, Spanish footballer
- Kana Oya, Japanese model
- Masaki Oya (athlete), Japanese runner
- Masaki Oya, Japanese volleyball player
- Shinzō Ōya, Japanese entrepreneur and politician
- Shizuka Ōya, Japanese idol
- Sōichi Ōya, Japanese journalist
- Tsubasa Oya, Japanese footballer
Fictional characters
- Oya (comics), a character from Marvel Comics