Taya is a given name and surname, and may refer to:

Surname

  • Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, Mauritanian Leader
  • Omar Katzelma Taya, a candidate in the 1993 Nigerien Presidential election

Given name

  • Taya Hanson (born 2000), Canadian basketball player
  • Taya Renae Kyle, widow of Chris Kyle
  • Taya Parker (born 1978), American model, actress, and singer
  • Taya Perry, member of Homemade Jamz Blues Band
  • Taya Rikizo, Asakusa Opera singer and influence of Kenichi Enomoto
  • Taya Smith Gaukrodger, Australian singer and former member of Australian worship band Hillsong UNITED
  • Taya Straton (1960–1996), Australian actress
  • Taya Valkyrie (born 1983), Canadian professional wrestler
  • Taya Zinkin (1918–2003), English journalist and author

Places

  • Taya, Algeria
  • Taya, Kalewa, Burma

Other

  • Taya Station, a railway station in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
  • Taya (Luo for "The Light"), a nickname for Kenyan association football club Gor Mahia
  • Tell Taya, an archaeological site in Nineveh Province, Iraq
  • Taya (2021 film), a Philippine erotic action thriller film
  • Taya (2022 film), an Indian Sanskrit-language period drama film

See also

  • Daya (disambiguation)
  • Taia (disambiguation)
  • Thaya, a river in Central Europe
  • Tiye (14th century BC), also spelled Taia, Tiy and Tiyi, wife of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III