Given name & surname
Oya
“one who has been called for”
Oya is used as a given name and a surname. One Native American interpretation is “one who has been called for.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “one who has been called for.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Oya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44
- 0 boys · 44 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,493 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,493 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 213 as a first name in 2020; 194 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Oya
- Oya AydoğanTurkish actor and fashion model (1957–2016)
- Oya BaydarTurkish writer (born 1940)
- Oya UnustasıTurkish actor and fashion model (born 1988)
- Oya BaşarTurkish actor (born 1956)
- Oya GermenTurkish journalist (born 1953)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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