Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. /ˈmaj/(Swedish)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Short form of Maja 1 or Maja 2. This is also the Swedish and Danish name for the month of May.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesMarietjie(Afrikaans) Marie(Albanian) Mariam, Maryam(Arabic) Meriem(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Mari, Maria, Mariam, Meri(Armenian) Məryəm(Azerbaijani) Maryam(Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maddi, Maia(Basque) Mariya, Maryia(Belarusian) Mary, Miriam(Biblical) Maria, Mariam(Biblical Greek) Miryam(Biblical Hebrew) Maria(Biblical Latin) Merjem(Bosnian) Mari, Mai(Breton) Maria, Mariya(Bulgarian) Maria, Mariona, Ona(Catalan) Maria(Corsican) Maja, Marija, Maja, Mara, Mare, Marica, Marijeta, Mia(Croatian) Marie, Miriam, Maja, Marika(Czech) Mariyam(Dhivehi) Maria, Marie, Marjo, Mirjam, Jet, Maaike, Manon, Marieke, Mariëlle, Mariëtte, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Mariska, Marita, Marja, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria(Dutch) Maleah, Malia, Maliyah, Maria, Marie, Mary, Maura, Maya, Miriam, Moira, Mae, Mamie, Maree, Mariah, Marinda, Marion, May, Mia, Mimi, Mya(English) Mariel(English (American)) Maarja, Mari, Maria, Mirjam, Maarika, Mai, Maia, Maie, Malle, Mare, Marika, Maris, Marje, Marju(Estonian) Maria(Faroese) Mere(Fijian) Maaria, Maria, Marja, Marjaana, Marjo, Mirjam, Mirjami, Maarika, Maija, Mari, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marje, Marjukka, Marjut, Miia(Finnish) Maïa, Marie, Myriam, Manon, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise, Maryse(French) Maria, Maike, Mareike(Frisian) María, Maruxa(Galician) Maia, Mari, Mariam, Meri(Georgian) Maja, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam, Maike, Maja, Mareike, Mariele, Marietta, Marika, Marita, Meike, Mia, Mitzi, Ria(German) Maria, Meri, Marietta, Marika(Greek) Maia(Greek Mythology) Maryamu(Hausa) Malia(Hawaiian) Miriam, Miryam(Hebrew) Mariamne(History) Maja, Mária, Maja, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marietta, Marika, Mariska(Hungarian) María, Mæja(Icelandic) Maryam(Indonesian) Máire, Maura, Moira, Moyra, Muire, Máirín, Maureen(Irish) Maria, Miriam, Marica, Mariella, Marietta, Mia, Miriana(Italian) Mariyam(Kazakh) Maija, Marija, Māra, Mārīte(Latvian) Marija(Lithuanian) Marija(Macedonian) Mariam(Malay) Marija(Maltese) Moirrey, Voirrey(Manx) Mere(Maori) Malle, Molle(Medieval English) Maria(Occitan) Maryam(Persian) Maja, Maria, Miriam, Maja, Marietta, Marika, Mariola, Maryla, Marysia, Marzena(Polish) Maia, Maria, Miriam, Mariazinha(Portuguese) Maia(Roman Mythology) Maria(Romanian) Maria, Mariya, Marya, Miya(Russian) Márjá(Sami) Mele(Samoan) Maria(Sardinian) Mhairi, Moira, Moyra(Scottish) Màiri, Moire(Scottish Gaelic) Maja, Marija(Serbian) Mária, Miriam, Maja, Marika, Miriama(Slovak) Maja, Marija, Mirjam, Maja, Manca, Mare, Marica, Maruša, Mia, Mija(Slovene) Maryan(Somali) Marja(Sorbian) María, Míriam, Mariela, Marita, Mía, Miryam(Spanish) Maritza, Mariel(Spanish (Latin American)) Mariel(Spanish (Philippines)) Mariamu(Swahili) Maryam(Tatar) Mele(Tongan) Meryem(Turkish) Maria, Mariya(Ukrainian) Mariyam, Maryam(Urdu) Meryem(Uyghur) Mareye(Walloon) Mair, Mari(Welsh) Mariama(Western African)
Same SpellingMaj 1

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Name Days

Sweden: May 19

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Entry updated January 21, 2022