"Laya" may refer to:
- People
- Laya (surname), a Chinese Indonesian surname
- The Layap people of the Himalayas
- Laya (actress), Telugu movie actress
- Jean-Louis Laya (1761–1833), dramatist
- Laya Raki (born 1927), former dancer and film actress popular in Germany in the 1950s and early 1960s
- Laya Francis (born 1963), former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India
- Places
- Laya, Bhutan, a town in Gasa District in northwestern Bhutan
- Laya, Guinea
- Tempo
- Tempo in Javanese Gamelan music, distinct from irama
- Tempo in Indian classical music
- Other
- Laia (tool), a farming implement known in Spanish as laya
- Laya, the Witch of Red Pooh, a manhwa series by Yo Yo
- Laya yoga, a form of Yoga
- Brown huntsman spider, known as laya in some places.