Roya (given name)
title: "Roya (given name)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["persian-feminine-given-names", "feminine-given-names"] topic_path: "general/persian-feminine-given-names" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roya_(given_name)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Roya |
| gender | Female |
| meaning | sweet dream, fantasy, premonition, vision |
| region | Iran (Persia) |
| origin | Persian |
| footnotes | A name usually given to females of Persian origin. |
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| name = Roya | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Female | meaning = sweet dream, fantasy, premonition, vision | region = Iran (Persia) | origin = Persian | footnotes = A name usually given to females of Persian origin. Roya ), "dream", "vision", is a female name of Persian origin. It is common in Iran, Afghanistan, and Azerbaijan. Notable persons named Roya include:
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Röya (singer), Azerbaijani singer
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Roya Arab, Iranian musician and archaeologist
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Roya Hakakian, Iranian American Jewish poet, journalist, and writer
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Roya Heshmati, Kurdish-Iranian activist
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Roya Maboudian, American academic and researcher in the field of chemical engineering
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Roya Megnot, American actress
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Roya Mirelmi, Iranian theater, cinema and television actress
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Roya Nonahali, Iranian actress and director
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Roya Rahmani, Afghan diplomat
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Roya Ramezani, Iranian designer and women's rights campaigner
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Roya Rozati, India-based gynecologist and infertility specialist
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Roya Saberi Negad Nobakht, Iranian-British housewife who was imprisoned after she returned to Iran
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Roya Sadat, Afghan film producer and director
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Roya Teymourian, Iranian actress
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Roya Toloui, Kurdish-Iranian journalist, human rights activist and feminist ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::