# Daya

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

## 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
### Given name

* Daya (singer) (born 1998), American singer-songwriter
* Daya Bai, Indian social activist
* Daya Betty, American drag queen
* 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
* Daya, courtesy name for Shi Hong (313–334), Chinese emperor of Later Zhao

### 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