Aya (given name)

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Aya is a feminine given name with multiple meanings in different languages. In Old German, Aya means "sword". Aya (あや, アヤ) is a common female Japanese given name meaning "design", "colorful" or "beautiful". Aya is also in use in the Hebrew language and means "to fly swiftly" or "bird". Aya is also an Arabic feminine name written as آية meaning "wonderful", "amazing", "miracle" or "verse" (of the Quran). In Mongolian, similar to Turkish, it means goodness, music and "melody". In Chemehuevi, Aya means "tortoise". In Baoule on the Ivory Coast, Aya is given to the female born on Friday. To a tribe known as Yoruba in Nigeria, Aya also means wife.

In the Raute language of Nepal, Aya refers to one's sister-in-law, meaning the wife of one's elder or younger brother. The word's origin comes from Proto-Tibeto-Burman ’ay (alternate form yay) meaning "mother".^[1] In Urdu language the word Aya refers to women care taker or nurse for young children. Typically in Pakistan ayas work in early childhood centres or primary schools.

In Turkish-Altaic mythology, Aya symbolizes the good soul. All the seventeen types of benevolent angels who live in the sky are also called Ayas. They are seen as the source of abundance, creativity and in the earth. The origin of the word comes from Ay ("moon" in Turkish). Ayaçı means "creative soul". In the mythology of Yakut Turks, Siberia Aya transforms into Abası, symbolizing the same angels. Yürüng Aya Toron (the white creative soul, sun) was believed to be the creator of the Aya's and the universe. The best foods are given to Aya during Isıah (birthday of the nature) Festivals.

There are several alternative spellings including Ayah and Aiya. There is also an African Adinkra symbol called an Aya, which is a fern. It is a symbol of endurance and resourcefulness.

People named Aya

• Aya (queen), Ancient Egyptian queen during the 18th century BCE
• Aya Cash, American actress
• Aya Chebbi, Pan-African activist and blogger
• Aya Jones, French model
• Aya Korem, Israeli singer and songwriter
• Aya Liu, Taiwanese actress and presenter
• Aya Majdi, Qatari table tennis player
• Aya Medany, Egyptian pentathlete
• Aya Saad Eldeen, Egyptian journalist
• Aya Shalkar, Kazakh graphic designer and model
• Aya Sumika (born 1980), American actress
• Aya Tarek, Egyptian artist
• Aya Traoré, Senegalese basketball player
• Lysa Aya Trenier, London-born singer

Possible writings in Japanese

Aya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 綾, "twill"
• 絢, "kimono design"
• 彩, "coloring"
• 理, "truth, logic"
• 亜矢, "Asia, arrow"
• 亜弥, "Asia, all the more"
• 亜夜, "Asia, night"
• 順, "order, sequence, turn"
• 文, "writings"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

Japanese People named Aya

• Aya (artist) (亜矢), a Japanese singer
• Aya Domenig (born 1972), Japanese-Swiss filmmaker
• Aya Endō (綾, born 1980), Japanese voice actress
• Aya Goda (彩, born 1967), Japanese painter
• Aya Hirano (綾, born 1987), Japanese voice actress
• Aya Hirayama (あや, born 1984), Japanese actress
• Aya Hisakawa (綾, born 1968), Japanese voice actress
• Aya Ishiguro (彩, born 1978), Japanese singer (former Morning Musume)
• Aya Ishizu (彩, born 1972), Japanese voice actress
• Aya Kamikawa (あや (born 1968), a Japanese politician
• Aya Kamiki (彩矢, born 1985), Japanese singer
• Aya Kanno (文, born 1980), Japanese manga artist
• Aya Kawai (彩, born 1975), Japanese figure skater
• Aya Kiguchi (亜矢, born 1985), Japanese race queen and gravure idol
• Aya Kida (綾, born 1974), a Japanese photographer
• Aya Kitō (亜也, 1962–1988), Japanese writer
• Aya Kōda (文, 1904–1990), Japanese essayist and novelist
• Aya Matsuura (亜弥, born 1986), Japanese singer
• Aya Mikami (彩, born 1984), Japanese volleyball player
• Aya Miyama (あや, born 1985), Japanese soccer player
• Aya Nakahara (アヤ, born 1973), Japanese manga artist
• Aya Nakano (綾, born 1985), Japanese singer
• Aya Ohori (彩, born 1996), Japanese badminton player
• Aya Okamoto (綾, born 1982), Japanese actress
• Aya Ōmasa (大政 絢, born 1991), Japanese model and actress
• Aya Saitō (綾), a Japanese voice actress
• Aya Sameshima (彩, born 1987), Japanese soccer player
• Aya Shibata (阿弥, born 1993), Japanese tarento and announcer (former SKE48)
• Aya Shimokozuru (綾, born 1982), Japanese soccer player
• Aya Sugimoto (彩, born 1968), Japanese actress
• Aya Suzaki (綾, born 1986), Japanese voice actress
• Aya Takano (綾, born 1976), Japanese artist and science fiction assayist
• Aya Takano (swimmer) (綾, born 1994), Japanese swimmer
• Aya Takeuchi (亜弥, born 1986), Japanese rugby sevens player
• Aya Tanimura (born 1980), Australian-Japanese writer and director
• Aya Terakawa (綾, born 1984), Japanese backstroke swimmer
• Aya Uchida (彩, born 1986), a Japanese voice actress
• Aya Ueto (彩, born 1985), Japanese actress
• Naoki "Aya" Okawa, guitarist of Japanese group Psycho le Cému

Fictional characters

• Aya Brea, main character in the Parasite Eve video games
• Aya Natsume (亜夜), a character in the manga and anime series Tenjho Tenge
• Aya Shameimaru (文), a tengu in the bullet hell Touhou Project series
• Aya Ikeuchi (亜也), a protagonist in the Japanese television drama 1 Litre no Namida
• Aya Fuse, main character of the novel Extras by Scott Westerfeld
• Aya, main character in the video game series The OneChanbara
• Aya, a character from Green Lantern: The Animated Series
• Aya Komichi (綾), main character in Kin-iro Mosaic
• Aya Drevis, a little girl character from the RPG horror game Mad Father
• Aya (Kanto), is a ninja and a Pokémon Trainer of Fuchsia Gym who specializes in Poison-type Pokémon.
• Aya Toujou (綾), main character in Strawberry 100%
• Aya Iseshima (綾), main character in Master of Martial Hearts
• Aya Mikage (妖), main character in Ceres, Celestial Legend

See also

• Aya (disambiguation)

References

1. ↑ http://stedt.berkeley.edu/~stedt-cgi/rootcanal.pl/etymon/6134