Lya is a female first or
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
and is usually thought of as a variant of "
Lia
Lia is a feminine given name. In the Spanish-speaking world, it is accented Lía. In English-speaking countries, the name may be a variant of Leah or Lea. Lia may be a diminutive of various names including Julia, Cecilia, Amelia, Talia, Cornel ...
" or "
Leah
Leah () appears in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two wives of the Biblical patriarch Jacob. Leah was Jacob's first wife, and the older sister of his second (and favored) wife Rachel. She is the mother of Jacob's first son Reuben. She has thr ...
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Notable people with the name include:
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Lya Barrioz
Ligia Barrios, better known as Lya Barrioz, is a Nicaraguan singer, producer, actress and an environmentalism activist, co-founder of S.O.S. BOSAWAS (a green movement that advocates for one of the world's most important biosphere reserves: Bosaw ...
, Nicaraguan singer
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Lya De Putti
Lya de Putti (born Amália Helena Mária Róza Putti; , 10 January 1896 – 27 November 1931) was a Hungarian film actress during the silent film, silent era. She was noted for her portrayals of vamp (woman), vamp characters.
Early life and care ...
(1899–1931), Hungarian actress
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Lya Isabel Fernández Olivares
Lya Isabel Fernández Olivares (born 24 July 2007) is an active Mexican tennis player.
She reached a best singles ranking of world No. 702 in November 2022. On the ITF Circuit, she has won one title in singles.
Career
In 2022, Fernández Oli ...
(born 2007), Mexican tennis player
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Lya Imber (1914–1981), Bessarabian-Venezuelan pediatrician
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Lya Ley (1899–1992), Austrian actress
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Lya Luft (born 1938), Brazilian writer
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Lya Lys
Lya Lys (born Nathalie Margoulis; May 18, 1908 – June 2, 1986) was a German-born American actress.
Biography
Lya Lys was born in Berlin on May 18, 1908U.S. Naturalization Records August 7, 1933 to a Russian banker and French pediatrician who ...
(1908–1986), German American actress
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Lya Mara
Lya Mara (born Aleksandra Gudowicz; 1 August 1897 – 1 March 1960) was a Polish people, Polish actress. She was one of the biggest stars of the Cinema of Germany, German silent cinema.
Biography
Lya Mara was born Aleksandra Gudowicz in a Polis ...
(1897–1960), German actress
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