Globally, Daya (Daya 
, ดายา 
, דאיה 
) is a widespread epicene first name. The forename Daya is habitual in India, where it is quite a common epicene name, Qatar, where it is quite a common dominantly masculine, but infrequently female name, and Iraq, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in India, Iraq, and Indonesia. Very seldom, Daya is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Daya | Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Philippines, India, Iraq |
| ดายา, ดายะ | Thailand |
| דאיה | Israel |
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daya bir singh kansakar social worker (b. 1911) |
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| daya singh arif punjabi poet and theologist, IN (b. 1894) |
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daya dissanayake Sri Lankan writer, LK (b. 1947) |
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daya sandagiri Sri Lankan Admiral, LK (b. 1947) |
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| daya singh bedi British Indian Army officer and diplomat (1899–1975) (b. 1899) |
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daya shankar kulshreshtha Indian theoretical physicist, IN (b. 1951) |
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daya reddy South African engineer, ZA (b. 1953) |
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| daya ram thapar PK (b. 1894) |
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daya master Sri Lankan Tamil militant, LK (b. 1956) |
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| daya shankar admiral (1912-1993), IN (b. 1912) |
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| daya sepali senadheera Sri Lankan politician (b. 1915) |
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| daya ram shakya Indian politician, IN (b. 1923) |
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| daya krishna Indian philosopher, IN (b. 1924) |
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| daya singh sodhi Indian politician, IN (b. 1925) |
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daya nayak Indian police officer, IN |
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