Nyota

Nyota is a given name. It means star in the African languages Swahili and Lingala.

It may refer to:
 * Nyota Inyoka (1896–1971), French-Indian dancer and choreographer
 * Nyota Ndogo, Kenyan musician
 * Nyota Uhura, a fictional character in the original Star Trek series
 * Nyota (bonobo), a male Bonobo born at the Language Research Center at Georgia State University and used for research