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Also Hungarian:
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https://hu.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_(keresztn%C3%A9v)
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https://hu.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maja
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https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maja#Hungarian
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https://www.behindthename.com/name/maja-1/top/hungary
Also Icelandic:
https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Maja
It is used as either a form of Maia or a diminutive of Mária/María in both languages.
―
guasguendi
2/25/2023
1
Also an archaic Swiss German diminutive of Maria found in Appenzell:
https://books.google.de/books?id=DJsSAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA310&lpg=PA310&dq=Majeli+schweiz&source=bl&ots=aEIY2B-yT6&sig=ACfU3U0ID9qQLq2dt2W18ITfxv0Trc3rjA&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj41aGzh5vzAhXjR_EDHX7oAh0Q6AF6BAgdEAM#v=onepage&q=Majeli%20schweiz&f=false
― Anonymous User
9/25/2021
2
As a Slovene name, it is apparently also considered an (obsolete) diminutive of Magdalena via the form Majdalena:
https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja
― Anonymous User
9/6/2020
2
Also Kashubian:
https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_s%C3%A9wnika
― Anonymous User
1/1/2020
2
Also Hungarian:
https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja
http://www.nytud.hu/oszt/nyelvmuvelo/utonevek/osszesnoi.pdf
You'll find numerous bearers on social media.
― Anonymous User
6/3/2019
2
Only used in Poland as a translation of Maia, not a diminutive of Maria.
― Anonymous User
5/1/2019
1
Also Sorbian:
https://hsb.wiktionary.org/wiki/P%C5%99idawk:Lis%C4%87ina_hornjoserbskich_p%C5%99edmjenow
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― Anonymous User
4/30/2019
2
The name is also used in Iceland.
―
jegharenbumsipanden
3/22/2016
2
The name Maja was given to 57 baby girls born in the US in 2012.
―
Oohvintage
7/19/2013
1
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-https://hu.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_(keresztn%C3%A9v)
-https://hu.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maja
-https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maja#Hungarian
-https://www.behindthename.com/name/maja-1/top/hungary
Also Icelandic: https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Maja
It is used as either a form of Maia or a diminutive of Mária/María in both languages.