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).

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
 * 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 (1933–2002), Polish–Estonian actor
 * Goichi Oya (1897–1944), captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy
 * Hisakatsu Oya (大矢 健一), Japanese wrestler
 * José Oya (born 1983), Spanish footballer
 * Kana Oya (大屋 夏南), Japanese model
 * Masaki Oya (athlete) (大家 正喜), Japanese runner
 * Masaki Oya (大宅 真樹), Japanese volleyball player
 * Shinzō Ōya (大屋 晋三), Japanese entrepreneur and politician
 * Shizuka Ōya (大家 志津香), Japanese idol
 * Sōichi Ōya (大宅 壮一), Japanese journalist
 * Tsubasa Oya (大屋 翼), Japanese footballer

Fictional characters

 * Oya (comics), a character from Marvel Comics