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Daya may refer to:

Religion

• Daya (Sikhism), the concept of compassion in Sikhism
• Daya (virtue), the concept of compassion in Hinduism

Media and music

• Daya (film), a 1998 Malayalam film
• Daya (EP), a 2015 recording by the American singer Daya
• Daya — Chentheeyil Chalicha Kumkumapottu, a Malayalam TV serial starring Pallavi Gowda
• Daya Sagar, a 1978 Telugu film directed by A. Bhimsingh

Places

• Daya, Zanzibar, a village on the island of Pemba
• Daya Kingdom, a historic Sumatran kingdom conquered by Ali Mughayat Syah in the 16th century. Located in north Aceh Jaya Regency
• Daya Bay, on the south coast of Guangdong Province, China
• Daya, Taichung, a suburban district in Taichung, Taiwan
• Daya Nueva, a municipality in Alicante Province, Valencian Community, Spain
• Daya River, in Orissa, India
• Daya Vieja, a municipality in Alicante Province, Valencian Community, Spain

People

• Daya Pawar (1935–1996), author and poet
• Daya Krishna (1924–2007), philosopher
• Daya (singer) (born 1998), American singer-songwriter
• Daya Betty, American drag queen
• Daya, courtesy name for Shi Hong (313–334), Chinese Emperor of Later Zhao

Given name

• Daya Bai, Indian social activist
• Daya Singh Bedi (1899–1975), Indian diplomat and officer in the British Indian Army
• Daya Ram Dahal, Nepalese film director
• Daya Gamage, Sri Lankan politician and businessman
• Daya Kishore Hazra, Indian doctor
• Daya Bir Singh Kansakar (1911–2001), Nepalese social worker
• Daya Krishna (1924–2007), Indian philosopher
• Daya Master (born 1956), Sri Lankan Tamil media spokesman
• Daya Mata (1914–2010), American spiritual teacher and leader
• Daya Rajasinghe Nadarajasingham (born 1948), Sri Lankan sports shooter
• Daya Shankar Kaul Nasim (1811–1845), Indian Urdu-language poet
• Daya Nayak, Indian police officer
• Daya Shankar Pandey (born 1965), Indian film and television actor
• Daya Pathirana (died 1986), assassinated Sri Lankan student leader
• Daya Pawar (1935–1996), Indian author and poet
• Daya Perera (died 2013), Sri Lankan diplomat and lawyer
• Daya Ratnasooriya, Sri Lankan zoologist
• Daya Ratnayake, Sri Lankan Army commander
• B. S. Daya Sagar (born 1967), Indian mathematical geoscientist
• Daya Ram Sahni (1879–1939), Indian archaeologist
• Daya Sandagiri, Sri Lankan Navy commander
• Daya Shankar (cricketer), Indian cricketer who played 1943–44
• Daya Shankar (IRS officer), officer of the Indian Revenue Service
• Daya Shetty (born 1969), Indian model and actor
• Daya Singh (1661–1708), one of the first five Sikhs in the Khalsa order
• Daya Singh Sodhi (born 1925), Indian politician
• Daya Vaidya (born 1980), Nepalese-American actress
• Daya Vati (1534–1581), Punjabi Sikh Guru
• Daya-Nand Verma (1933–2012), Indian mathematician
• Daya Wiffen (born 1983), New Zealand netball player

Surname

• Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn al-Daya (835–912), Arab mathematician
• Ali Daya ( fl. 1030–1040), Tajik commander
• Houda Ben Daya (born 1979), Tunisian judoka
• Hugo Daya (born 1963), Colombian cyclist
• Kawkab Sabah al-Daya (born 1962), Syrian environmental minister
• Navasha Daya, vocalist and original member of American band Fertile Ground
• Pradnya Daya Pawar (born 1966), Indian Marathi-language poet and writer
• Sheraz Daya, British ophthalmologist
• Wen Daya, 7th-century Chinese writer who recorded the Battle of Huoyi in detail

Fictional

• Datu Daya, a legendary tribal chief in the Philippines
• Daya (Senior Inspector), a character in the Indian TV series CID
• Daya Diaz, a character on the American TV series Orange Is the New Black

Other

• Daya, a 2016 tropical storm in the Indian Ocean
• Daya Aviation, a domestic Sri Lankan airline
• Daya, nickname for the Israeli Air Force 192 Squadron

See also

• Dayah, a settlement in Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
• Taya (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing Daya

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