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hello everyone,
i'm Joe.i have a friend and her name is maya.i look at this site and saw there is three different stories of maya. but i know she isn't indian or jewish. but i think maybe she is native american. i was wounding do you have to be indian or native american or jewish to have the name maya? and native americans can have american last names right like williams? thank you for your time.
-Joe:)
i'm Joe.i have a friend and her name is maya.i look at this site and saw there is three different stories of maya. but i know she isn't indian or jewish. but i think maybe she is native american. i was wounding do you have to be indian or native american or jewish to have the name maya? and native americans can have american last names right like williams? thank you for your time.
-Joe:)
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Hi,
Maya isn't a Native American personal name. It's the name of a civilisation that existed in the Mexico area up until European colonisation.
A person doesn't have to be Indian, Jewish, Greek (see Maia) or Native American to have the name Maya. It's quite common in mainstream naming (as you can see in the popularity data here: http://www.behindthename.com/top/search.php?terms=maya).
And yes, it's quite common for Native or Aboriginal families to have European surnames like Williams. This can occur one of two ways: firstly, by the imposition of European names on Aboriginal peoples by colonists; and secondly, through intermarriage.
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
Maya isn't a Native American personal name. It's the name of a civilisation that existed in the Mexico area up until European colonisation.
A person doesn't have to be Indian, Jewish, Greek (see Maia) or Native American to have the name Maya. It's quite common in mainstream naming (as you can see in the popularity data here: http://www.behindthename.com/top/search.php?terms=maya).
And yes, it's quite common for Native or Aboriginal families to have European surnames like Williams. This can occur one of two ways: firstly, by the imposition of European names on Aboriginal peoples by colonists; and secondly, through intermarriage.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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