Oya (name)
Oya is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Oya" means "lace", "Irish lace", and/or "lagestromia indica".
| Gender | Feminine |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Turkish |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Turkish |
| Word/name | "oymak" |
| Derivation | "oya" |
| Meaning | "lace", Irish lace", "lagestromia indica" |
| Other names | |
| Cognate(s) | Oylum |
| Language(s) | Japanese |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Depends on kanji; for example, "big arrow", "big house", or "big valley" |
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" (大矢), "big house" (大家, 大宅, or 大屋), and "big valley" (大谷).[1]
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 (born 1940), Turkish sociologist and writer
- Oya Eczacıbaşı (born 1959), Turkish museum director
- Oya Küçümen, Turkish singer, actress and voice artist
- Oya Tokgöz, Turkish academic, one of the founders of communication sciences in Turkey
- Oya Tuzcuoğlu (born 1948), Turkish diplomat
- Oya Okar, Turkish actress
- Oya Uysal, Turkish award-winning poet
Surname
- Arif Oya, one of the governors of Alanya
- Berkun Oya, a Turkish actor, theatre director, theatre writer
- Bruno O'Ya, Polish–Estonian actor
- Goichi Oya (died 1944), captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy
- Hisakatsu Oya, Japanese wrestler
- José Oya (born 1983), Spanish footballer
- Kana Oya (born 1987), Japanese model
- Masaki Oya (born 1966), Japanese athlete
- Shinzō Ōya (1894–1980), Japanese entrepreneur and politician
- Shizuka Ōya (born 1991), Japanese idol
- Sōichi Ōya (1900–1970), Japanese journalist
- Tsubasa Oya (born 1986), Japanese footballer
Fictional characters
- Oya (comics), a character from Marvel Comics
References
- Breen, Jim. "Japanese Names (ENAMDICT)". Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
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