Maya (given name)
Maja also Maia or Maya, is a female first name.
- 2.1 Maja
- 2.2 Maia
- Maya 2.3
Origin and Meaning
Maja also Maia, ( cf. Latin maius; larger) means something like " The Hehre, Higher ". A Maia occurs both in Greek mythology as well as in Roman mythology.
Maja may also be a diminutive of the first name Maria.
For Maya
In Old Japanese Girls first name Maya means something like "Golden Locke ". In the Kokugaku this name was rediscovered and has enjoyed increasing popularity since then.
As an Arabic female first name Maya means source or river.
In Hebrew, the name comes as a short and affectionate form of the word " Maayan ".
The Hebrew term means Maayan source.
In India, maya is the name of a goddess (Sanskrit माया ) and is the goddess of illusion or Welterschafferin.
However, the usual derivation is a diminutive of the first name Maria.
Name winners
Maja
- Maja Alm ( * 1988), Danish orienteer
- Maja Beckmann ( * 1977 ), German actress
- Maja Berezowska (1898-1978), Polish painter
- Maja Beutler ( b. 1936 ), Swiss writer
- Maja Brunner ( b. 1951 ), Swiss singer
- Maja Catrin Fritsche ( b. 1960 ), German singer
- Maja Haderlap (* 1961), Austrian writer
- Maja Keuc (* 1992), Slovenian singer
- Maja Komorowska ( b. 1937 ), Polish actress
- Maja Lex (1906-1986), German choreographer
- Maja Maranow (* 1961), German actress
- Maja Ussowa (* 1965), Russian figure skater
- Maja Vogel (born 1973 ), German writer and translator
Maia
- Maia Lomineischwili ( b. 1977 ), Georgian chess player
- Maia Mitchell (* 1993), Australian actress
- Maia Morgenstern (born 1962 ), Romanian actress
- Maia Tschiburdanidse (* 1961), Georgian Chess World Champion
Maya
- Maya Angelou ( b. 1928 ), American writer
- Maya Deren (1917-1961), American director
- Maya Haddad (* 1988), German actress
- Maya Hakvoort (born 1966 ), Dutch musical actress
- Maya Pedersen - Bieri (born 1972 ), Swiss Skeleton pilot
- Maya Saban (born 1978 ), German -Israeli pop singer
- Maya Singh, German musician
- Maya Ying Lin ( born 1959 ), American artist