Soya as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Soya

What is the meaning of the name Soya ?

The baby name Soya is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: SOH-yah (/ˈsoʊjə/). Japanese: Sōya [soːja]. Korean: So-ya [soja]..

Soya is Japanese, Korean in Origin.

Soya is a multicultural given name with several roots. In South Asia, especially India and Sri Lanka, it is a modern feminine choice influenced by Zoya (the Russian form of Greek Zoe, “life”) and by Sofya/Sofia (“wisdom”), yielding Soya as a phonetic or orthographic variant; it appears among both Christian and Muslim families. In parts of the Slavic world, Soya/Soja functions as a diminutive of Sofija. Though identical in spelling to the word for “soybean” in British English, the name is etymologically unrelated.

In Japanese, Sōya (also romanized Souya) is a rare male or unisex given name whose meaning depends on the kanji, for example 蒼矢 (“blue-green/verdant + arrow”), 壮也 (“robust + to be”), or 宗谷, which also names the strait and region in Hokkaidō. As a given name, it is documented mainly from the late twentieth century onward. Related forms include Zoya, Zoe/Zoë, Zoia, Sofia/Sofiya/Sofya, Sonia/Sonja, and Japanese Sōya/Souya.