Naoya Name meanings & History

"honesty" or "straight arrow". From Japanese 直 (nao) meaning "straight" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 哉 (ya), an exclamation. This name can be formed with other kanji combinations as well. Famous bearers are Naoya Hatakeyama, Japanese photographer, Naoya Ogawa, Japanese former world judo champion and Naoya Tomita, Japanese swimmer. Naoya is mostly used in Japan but is also used by Japanese people living in other countries.

Zodiac Sign of Naoya: Neat Virgo

Synonyms of Naoya:

N: Neurosis,Nervous,Nice,Nutrition,Nagging,Neat,Nitpicking

A: Aggressive,Angry,Action,Ambitious,Argumentative,Assertive

O: Obstinate,Obsolete,Organized,Obsessive,Ostentatious

Y: Yen/money,Youth-giving,Yin/Yang

Naoya is:

• a Complex name
• a Informal name
• a Upper Class name
• a Urban name

Famous People

Some famous Naoyas are Naoya Inoue, a professional boxer, and Naoya Uchida, a Japanese voice actor.