Oya (name)
# 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 [tr], Turkish singer, actress and voice artist
* Oya Tokgöz [tr], Turkish academic, one of the founders of communication sciences in Turkey
* Oya Tuzcuoğlu (born 1948), Turkish diplomat
* Oya Okar [tr], Turkish actress
* Oya Uysal [tr], Turkish award-winning poet

### Surname

* Arif Oya, one of the governors of Alanya
* Berkun Oya [tr], a Turkish actor, theatre director, theatre writer
* Bruno O'Ya (1933–2002), Polish–Estonian actor
* Goichi Oya (died 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
