Jaya (given name)

Jaya is a feminine given name. It is also found in compound names of both male and female people.

Notable people with this name

• Jaya (singer) (born 1971), Filipina pop singer
• Jaya Bachchan (born 1948), Indian actress
• Jaya Guhanathan, Indian actress
• Jaya Luintel, Nepali journalist
• Jaya Prada (born 1962), Indian actress
• Jaya Seal, Indian actress
• Jaya (Jeevuba)

Derived names

Female

• Jayalalithaa (born 1951), Indian actress and politician
• Jayamalini (born 1958), Indian actress
• Jayasudha (born 1958), Indian actress

Male

• Jayakatwang (died 1293), Javanese king killed during the Mongol invasion of Java
• Jayaram (born 1965), Indian actor
• Jayasimha, multiple people

Fictional characters

• Jaya, a character in Avatar: The Legend of Korra that lived during Avatar Wan's time
• Jaya Ballard, a character from the Magic: The Gathering card game
• Jaya, a character from the book The Iron Ring

See also

• Jaya (disambiguation)