title: Oya (name)
text: # 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
  