Soy (first name)

Soja ( Russian Зоя , other transcripts Zoya , Zoia ) is a Russian female given name. It is the Russian version of the Greek given name Zoe ( ancient Greek ζωή , life ).

Name bearers

• Zoya Douchine (* 1983), former German figure skater
• Soja Iwanowa (* 1952), former Kazakh long-distance runner who started for the Soviet Union
• Zoia Korvin-Krukovsky (1903–1999), Russian-Swedish artist
• Soja Anatoljewna Kosmodemjanskaja (1923–1941), Soviet partisan
• Zoya Phan (* 1980), human rights activist from the Karen people in Myanmar
• Soja Nikolajewna Rudnowa (1946–2014), former Russian table tennis player who started for the Soviet Union
• Zoya Schleining (* 1961), German chess player of Ukrainian origin

Other uses

• (1793) Zoya , an asteroid