Entry № 8893 · Persian origin

Roya Roya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ROY-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Persian
Meaning
"Dream, vision"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Persian)

A name that means "dream, vision".

Roya (رؤیا) is the Persian word for "dream" or "vision" — particularly a hopeful dream or aspiration.

Roya Hakakian (born 1966), the Iranian-American author and human rights activist, is a contemporary bearer.

Dream. The Persian aspiration.

The name in its native script.

رؤیا
Transliteration
Roʾyā
Pronunciation
/ ˈrɔɪ.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Roya stands.

Roya does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Royas before her.

Real people
Roya Hakakian
Iranian-American author.
born 1966
In fiction
Roya
Common in Persian fiction.

Names connected to Roya.

The number behind Roya.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Roya reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.