Roya may refer to: * ''Roya'' (alga), a genus of green algae and a subgroup of

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* Roya (river), a river of France and Italy * Roya (genus), a synonym of ''Williamia'', a genus of small sea snails *

Roya (given name) Roya ( en, dream, or vision); ( fa, رویا), is a female name, of Persian origin. It is common in Iran, Afghanistan, and Azerbaijan. Notable persons named Roya * Roya Arab, Iranian musician and archaeologist * Röya (singer), Azerbaijani sing ...

, a female proper name of Persian origin, meaning "fantasy" or "dream" * Roya (singer), an Azerbaijani pop singer * Roya, Princess Samira’s pet peacock in Shimmer and Shine *

Ro'ya TV Roya TV is a Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Ba ...

, a private Jordanian television station * Roya, a California based Software as a Service company

Notable people with this name

Roya Arab Roya Arab (born 1967) is an Iranian musician and archaeologist. Musical career Born in Tehran, Iran, Roya Arab learned the craft of singing during jam sessions around London in the early and mid-1990s. She was the first Iranian female to receiv ...

, UK-based Iranian musician and archaeologist *

Roya Hakakian , birth_date = ca. 1966 , birth_place = Tehran, Iran , death_date = , death_place = , occupation = , language = Persian, English , nationality = , citizenship = American , education = , alma_mater = Brooklyn College, , period = , ...

, Iranian American Jewish poet, journalist, and writer * Roya Maboudian, American academic and researcher in the field of chemical engineering * Roya Megnot, American actress * Roya Mirelmi, Iranian theater, cinema and television actress *

Roya Nonahali Roya Nonahali ( fa, رویا نونهالی; born February 13, 1963) is an Iranian actress and director. She studied painting, and has worked in theatre since 1984. Nonahali started film acting with ''The Beloved Is at Home'' (1987, by Khosrow Sin ...

, Iranian actress and director * Roya Rahmani, Afghan diplomat * Roya Ramezani, Iranian designer and women's rights campaigner * Roya Rozati, India-based gynecologist and infertility specialist * Roya Saberi Negad Nobakht, Iranian-British housewife who was imprisoned after she returned to Iran *

Roya Sadat Roya Sadat (born 1983) is an Afghan film producer and director. She was the first woman director in the history of Afghan cinema in the post-Taliban era, and ventured into making feature films and documentaries on the theme of injustice and restri ...

, Afghan film producer and director *

Roya Teymourian Roya Teymourian ( fa, رویا تیموریان, born 19 March 1959 in Tehran) is an Iranian actress. Selected filmography Film * ''Women's Prison'' * ''Gharch-e Sammi'' * '' Beed-e Majnoon'' (The Willow Tree, by Majid Majidi) * ''Kafe Setereh'' ...

, Iranian actress * Roya Toloui, Kurdish-Iranian journalist, human rights activist and feminist

Notable people with this name

See also