Daya

Daya may refer to:

Religion

 * Daya (Sikhism), the concept of compassion in Sikhism
 * Daya (virtue), the concept of compassion in Hinduism

Media and music

 * Daya (film), a 1998 Malayalam film
 * Daya (EP), a 2015 recording by the American singer Daya
 * Daya — Chentheeyil Chalicha Kumkumapottu, a Malayalam TV serial starring Pallavi Gowda
 * Daya Sagar, a 1978 Telugu film directed by A. Bhimsingh

Places

 * Daya, Zanzibar, a village on the island of Pemba
 * Daya Kingdom, a historic Sumatran kingdom conquered by Ali Mughayat Syah in the 16th century. Located in north Aceh Jaya Regency
 * Daya Bay, on the south coast of Guangdong Province, China
 * Daya, Taichung, a suburban district in Taichung, Taiwan
 * Daya Nueva, a municipality in Alicante Province, Valencian Community, Spain
 * Daya River, in Orissa, India
 * Daya Vieja, a municipality in Alicante Province, Valencian Community, Spain

People

 * Daya Pawar (1935–1996), author and poet
 * Daya Krishna (1924–2007), philosopher
 * Daya (singer) (born 1998), American singer-songwriter
 * Daya Betty, American drag queen
 * Daya, courtesy name for Shi Hong (313–334), Chinese Emperor of Later Zhao

Given name

 * Daya Bai, Indian social activist
 * Daya Singh Bedi (1899–1975), Indian diplomat and officer in the British Indian Army
 * Daya Ram Dahal, Nepalese film director
 * Daya Gamage, Sri Lankan politician and businessman
 * Daya Kishore Hazra, Indian doctor
 * Daya Bir Singh Kansakar (1911–2001), Nepalese social worker
 * Daya Krishna (1924–2007), Indian philosopher
 * Daya Master (born 1956), Sri Lankan Tamil media spokesman
 * Daya Mata (1914–2010), American spiritual teacher and leader
 * Daya Rajasinghe Nadarajasingham (born 1948), Sri Lankan sports shooter
 * Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (1811–1845), Indian Urdu-language poet
 * Daya Nayak, Indian police officer
 * Daya Shankar Pandey (born 1965), Indian film and television actor
 * Daya Pathirana (died 1986), assassinated Sri Lankan student leader
 * Daya Pawar (1935–1996), Indian author and poet
 * Daya Perera (died 2013), Sri Lankan diplomat and lawyer
 * Daya Ratnasooriya, Sri Lankan zoologist
 * Daya Ratnayake, Sri Lankan Army commander
 * B. S. Daya Sagar (born 1967), Indian mathematical geoscientist
 * Daya Ram Sahni (1879–1939), Indian archaeologist
 * Daya Sandagiri, Sri Lankan Navy commander
 * Daya Shankar (cricketer), Indian cricketer who played 1943–44
 * Daya Shankar (IRS officer), officer of the Indian Revenue Service
 * Daya Shetty (born 1969), Indian model and actor
 * Daya Singh (1661–1708), one of the first five Sikhs in the Khalsa order
 * Daya Singh Sodhi (born 1925), Indian politician
 * Daya Vaidya (born 1980), Nepalese-American actress
 * Daya Vati (1534–1581), Punjabi Sikh Guru
 * Daya-Nand Verma (1933–2012), Indian mathematician
 * Daya Wiffen (born 1983), New Zealand netball player

Surname

 * Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn al-Daya (835–912), Arab mathematician
 * Ali Daya, Tajik commander
 * Houda Ben Daya (born 1979), Tunisian judoka
 * Hugo Daya (born 1963), Colombian cyclist
 * Kawkab Sabah al-Daya (born 1962), Syrian environmental minister
 * Navasha Daya, vocalist and original member of American band Fertile Ground
 * Pradnya Daya Pawar (born 1966), Indian Marathi-language poet and writer
 * Sheraz Daya, British ophthalmologist
 * Wen Daya, 7th-century Chinese writer who recorded the Battle of Huoyi in detail

Fictional

 * Datu Daya, a legendary tribal chief in the Philippines
 * Daya (Senior Inspector), a character in the Indian TV series CID
 * Daya Diaz, a character on the American TV series Orange Is the New Black

Other

 * Daya, a 2016 tropical storm in the Indian Ocean
 * Daya Aviation, a domestic Sri Lankan airline
 * Daya, nickname for the Israeli Air Force 192 Squadron