Oya (name)
| Oya | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Feminine |
| Language(s) | Turkish |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Turkish |
| Word/name | "oymak" |
| Derivation | "oya" |
| Meaning | "lace", irish lace", "lagestromia indica" |
| Other names | |
| Cognate(s) | Oylum |
Oya is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Oya" means "lace", "Irish lace", and/or "lagestromia indica".
People
Given name
- Oya Araslı, a Turkish law scholar and politician, and first woman group deputy chairman of Turkey .
- Oya Aydoğan, a Turkish actor (see Turkish Wikipedia article).
- Oya Başar, a Turkish comedy actor (see Turkish Wikipedia article).
- Oya Baydar (born 1940), Turkish sociologist and writer.
- Oya Eczacıbaşı (born 1959), Turkish museum director.
- Oya Küçümen, a Turkish singer, actor and voice artist (see Turkish Wikipedia article).
- Oya Tokgöz, a Turkish communication science and political science scholar and one of the founders of Communication sciences in Turkey (see Turkish Wikipedia article).
- Oya Tuzcuoğlu, a Turkish diplomat (see Turkish Wikipedia article).
- Oya Okar, a Turkish actor (see Turkish Wikipedia article).
- Oya Uysal, a Turkish award winning poet (see Turkish Wikipedia article).
Surname
- Arif Oya, one of the governors of Alanya.
- Berkun Oya, a Turkish actor, theatre director, theatre writer (see Turkish Wikipedia article).
- Bruno O'Ya, Polish–Estonian actor
Fictional characters
- Oya (comics), a character from Marvel Comics
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