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 (see Turkish Wikipedia article).
• 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).

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