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" (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 Kayacık (1938–2020), Turkish philanthropist
•  [tr], Turkish singer, actress and voice artist
•  [tr], Turkish academic, one of the founders of communication sciences in Turkey
• Oya Tuzcuoğlu (born 1948), Turkish diplomat
•  [tr], Turkish actress
•  [tr], Turkish award-winning poet

Surname[]

• , one of the governors of Alanya
•  [tr], a Turkish actor, theatre director, theatre writer
• Bruno O'Ya (1933–2002), Polish–Estonian actor
• Goichi Oya (died 1944), captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy
• Hisakatsu Oya (大矢 健一, born 1964), Japanese wrestler
• José Oya (born 1983), Spanish footballer
• Kana Oya (大屋 夏南, born 1987), Japanese model
• Masaki Oya (大家 正喜, born 1966), Japanese runner
• Masaki Oya (大宅 真樹, born 1995), Japanese volleyball player
• Shinzō Ōya (大屋 晋三, 1894–1980), Japanese entrepreneur and politician
• Shizuka Ōya (大家 志津香, born 1991), Japanese idol
• Sōichi Ōya (大宅 壮一, 1900–1970), Japanese journalist
• Tsubasa Oya (大屋 翼, born 1986), Japanese footballer

Fictional characters[]

• Oya (comics), a character from Marvel Comics

References[]

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