Around the globe, Udya (Udya 
) is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but infrequently feminine forename. The first name Udya is characteristic of Southern Asia, particularly India, where it is a rare dominantly male, but infrequently female name. Much less frequently, Udya is the last name as well as the forename.
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