Pouya (name)
# Pouya (name)

Pouya or Pooya or Puya is a masculine first name of Iranian origin (from a Persian word meaning "dynamic" , "in move" or "searcher"). Notable people with the name include:

## First name

* Pouya Jalili Pour, Iranian-born singer, born 1976
* Pouya Bakhtiari, Iranian protester, born 1992
* Pouya Idani, Iranian chess-player, born 1995
* Pouya Norouzinejad, Iranian handball-player, born 1994
* Pouya Saraei, Iranian composer, born 1983
* Pouya Khazaeli, Iranian architect
* Pouya Seifpanahi, Iranian footballer, born 1986
* Pouya Tajik, Iranian footballer, born 1980
* Poya Asbaghi, Swedish-Iranian football manager, born 1985

## Last name

* Ashkan Pouya, Swedish Serial Entrepreneur, born 1976
* Kevin Pouya, known mononymously as Pouya, American rapper, born 1994
* Mahdi Puya, Iranian Islamic scholar in Indian Sub-continent, (1899—1973)
