Oya (name)

Oya is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Oya" means "lace", "Irish lace", and/or "lagestromia indica".

Oya
GenderFeminine
Language(s)Turkish
Origin
Language(s)Turkish
Word/name"oymak"
Derivation"oya"
Meaning"lace", Irish lace", "lagestromia indica"
Other names
Cognate(s)Oylum
Ōya
Language(s)Japanese
Origin
MeaningDepends on kanji; for example, "big arrow", "big house", or "big valley"

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
  • 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

Fictional characters

References

  1. Breen, Jim. "Japanese Names (ENAMDICT)". Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
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