Yaya may refer to:
Places
edit- Yaya, Çan
- Yaya, Congo, district of Niari Department in the Republic of Congo
- Yaya, Russia, an urban-type settlement in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
- Yaya (river), a river in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
- Yaya Island, Russia
- La Yaya Dam, in Cuba
- Yaya, DR Congo, district of Kwilu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Yaya Mongombala, DR Congo, district of Kwilu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo
People
edit- Faouzi Yaya (born 1989), Algerian football player
- Yaya DaCosta (born 1982), America's Next Top Model contestant
- YaYa Gosselin (born 2009), American actress
- Yaya Han (born 1980), American cosplayer
- Yaya Migansi (c. 1850–1932), princess of Dahomey, present-day Benin
- Yaya Sanogo (born 1993), French football player
- Yaya Touré (born 1983), Ivorian football player
- Urassaya Sperbund (Yaya; born 1993), Thai actress
Characters
edit- Yaya, a 2009 fictional character from the light novel series Unbreakable Machine-Doll
- Yaya Nanto, a character from the anime series Strawberry Panic
- Yaya Yuiki, a character from the manga series Shugo Chara!
- Yaya Dub, a character played by Maine Mendoza in a comedy segment called "Kalyeserye" in the Filipino noontime show Eat Bulaga!
Music
edit- "Yaya" (song), a 2020 single by 6ix9ine
- Ya Ya, a 1962 single by Lee Dorsey
- Yaya, a 1982 album of Nino Buonocore
- "Yaya", a song by Tara VanFlower from My Little Fire-Filled Heart, 2005
- Yaya Kim, South Korean solo music project by Kim Eunji
Other
edit- Yaya (military), infantry military units of the Ottoman Empire and some other medieval Anatolian emirates
- YaYa's Flame Broiled Chicken, an American fast food chicken chain