Oya (name) explained
| Oya |
| Gender: | Feminine |
| Language: | Turkish |
| Origin: | "oymak" |
| Derivation: | "oya" |
| Meaning: | "lace", Irish lace", "lagestromia indica" |
| Cognate: | Oylum |
| Ōya |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Meaning: | Depends on kanji; for example, "big arrow", "big house", or "big valley" |
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" (Japanese: 大矢), "big house" (Japanese: 大家, Japanese: 大宅, or Japanese: 大屋), and "big valley" (Japanese: 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 Ekici (born 1975), Turkish para-karateka
- Oya Kayacık (1938–2020), Turkish philanthropist
- , Turkish singer, actress and voice artist
- , Turkish academic, one of the founders of communication sciences in Turkey
- Oya Tuzcuoğlu (born 1948), Turkish diplomat
- , Turkish actress
- , Turkish award-winning poet
Surname
- Arif Oya, one of the governors of Alanya
- , a Turkish actor, theatre director, theatre writer
- Bruno O'Ya (1933–2002), Polish–Estonian actor
- Goichi Oya (1897–1944), captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy
- , Japanese wrestler
- José Oya (born 1983), Spanish footballer
- , Japanese model
- , Japanese runner
- , Japanese volleyball player
- , Japanese entrepreneur and politician
- , Japanese idol
- , Japanese journalist
- , Japanese footballer
Fictional characters
Notes and References
- Web site: Japanese Names (ENAMDICT) . Jim . Breen . Jim Breen . Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group . 26 December 2017.
