Kaya (name)
Kaya is a female given name in several languages, including Japanese, as well as a Turkish male first name and a common Turkish family name with the meaning of the rock ; the name also occurs as a family name in Japan.
Name bearer
Female first name
- Kaya Diehl (* 1992), German handball player
- Kaya Han (* 19 **), South Korean pianist and music teacher
- Kaya İlhan (1927–2013), Turkish ballet dancer
- Kaya Marie Möller (* 1985), German actress and voice actress
- Kaya Scodelario (* 1992), British actress
- Kaya Turski (* 1988), Canadian freestyle skier
Male first name
- Kaya Güvenç (* 1945), Turkish politician, engineer and author
- Kaya Tarakcı (* 1981), Turkish soccer player
- Kaya Yanar (* 1973), Turkish-German comedian and television presenter
family name
- Adil Kaya (* 1967), Turkish film producer and distributor in Nuremberg
- Ahmet Kaya (1957–2000), Turkish-Kurdish artist
- Ali Kaya (* 1994), Turkish long-distance runner of Kenyan origin
- Ali Riza Kaya (* 1930), Turkish-German restaurateur and author
- Aras Kaya (* 1994), Turkish long-distance and obstacle runner
- Ayhan Kaya (* 1968), Turkish sociologist, author and translator
- Bahri Kaya (* 1957), Turkish football player and coach
- Berivan Kaya (* 1972), German actress
- Beycan Kaya (* 1988), Turkish football goalkeeper
- Bulut Kaya (* 1989), Turkish soccer player
- Cüneyt Kaya (* 1980), German-Turkish director, screenwriter and film producer
- Doğa Kaya (* 1984), Turkish football player
- Emre Kaya (* 1985), Turkish pop musician
- Ersin Kaya (* 1993), Australian soccer player
- Fatih Kaya (* 1999), German-Turkish soccer player
- Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya (* 1981), Turkish politician
- Ferzende Kaya (* 1978), Kurdish journalist and writer
- Gökcan Kaya (* 1995), Danish football player of Turkish descent
- Güngör Kaya (* 1990), German-Turkish soccer player
- Harun Kaya (* 1951), Turkish soccer player
- Hasan Kaya (* 1995), Turkish soccer player
- Hazal Kaya (* 1990), Turkish actress
- Hüda Kaya (* 1960), Turkish politician and activist for women's and human rights
- Hülya Kaya (* 1992), German-Turkish soccer player
- Ibrahim Kaya (* 1966), German writer
- Kıvılcım Kaya (* 1992), Turkish athlete
- Markus Kaya (* 1979), German soccer player
- Mehmet Oğuz Kaya (* 1969), Turkish political scientist and lawyer
- Metin Kaya (* 1962), German-Turkish politician (Left Party)
- Murat Kaya (politician) (* 1963), Swiss entrepreneur and politician
- Murat Kaya (comic author) (* 1971), German comic author
- Mustafa Tuna Kaya (* 1984), Turkish soccer player
- Nurullah Kaya (* 1986), Turkish soccer player
- Kaya Okinori (1889–1977), Japanese politician
- Özlem Kaya (* 1990), Turkish middle-distance and obstacle runner
- Saffet Kaya (* 1981), Turkish football player
- Samed Ali Kaya (* 1995), Turkish soccer player
- Kaya Seiji (1898–1988), Japanese physicist and science organizer
- Semih Kaya (* 1991), Turkish soccer player
- Şerafettin Kaya (* 1929), Kurdish lawyer and human rights activist
- Sercan Kaya (* 1988), Turkish soccer player
- Serkan Kaya (* 1977), Turkish actor and musical performer
- Simone Kaya (1937–2007), Ivorian writer
- Suat Kaya (* 1967), Turkish football player and coach
- Şükrü Kaya (1882–1959), Turkish politician
- Umut Kaya (soccer player, 1987) (* 1987), Turkish soccer player
- Umut Kaya (soccer player, 1990) (* 1990), Turkish soccer player
- Vicky Kaya (* 1978), Greek model
variants
- Çetinkaya , Şahinkaya , Sarıkaya , Yalçınkaya ; Kayalı (name bearer see there)
stage name
- Kaya (Japanese musician) , Japanese singer
- Kaya (Mauritian musician) (1960–1999), Mauritian singer and inventor of the seggae