- Source: 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).
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 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, born 1964), Japanese wrestler
José Oya (born 1983), Spanish footballer
Kana Oya (大屋 夏南, born 1987), Japanese model
Masaki Oya (athlete) (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