Meaning & History
Bulgarian variant of Maja 2.
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Meaning & History
Possibly means "camel" in Turkmen
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 麻耶, 麻弥, 麻矢, 麻也, 麻野, 麻椰, 真耶, 眞耶, 摩耶, 磨耶, 茉耶, 舞耶, 万耶, 真彩, 真綾, 麻絢, etc.(Japanese Kanji) まや(Japanese Hiragana) マヤ(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
Combination of a ma kanji, like 麻 meaning "hemp, flax," 真/眞 meaning "pure, true," 磨/摩 meaning "polish, shine," 茉, part of 茉莉 (matsuri), referring to the Arabian jasmine, 舞 meaning "dance" or 万 meaning "ten thousand," and a ya kanji, such as 耶, 弥 meaning "increase," 矢 meaning "arrow," 也, 野 meaning "field" or 椰, referring to the (coconut) palm. The second element can also be written with kanji that have the reading Aya 1 (彩, 綾 and 絢 for example).Bearers of this name include announcer and newscaster Maya Kobayashi (小林 麻耶) (1979-), idol Maya Sugawara (菅原 茉椰) (2000-) and (male) footballer Maya Yoshida (吉田 麻也) (1988-).
Meaning & History
Gender Feminine
Usage Tupi, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Meaning & History
Derived from Tupi maya "mother".
Meaning & History
Means "water" in Arabic.
Gender Masculine
Usage Shipibo-Conibo
Meaning & History
From the Shipibo mayat- meaning "turn, spin".
Meaning & History
Alternate transcription of Maiya 4.
Meaning & History
From Russian май (may), meaning "May". It was used by communist parents wanting to reject traditional names as a reference to International Worker's Day on May 1st. The name is written as Maya (Мая) because it is feminine.