| Name info: About the name Maiya in particular | |
| Group info: About Maja, the group of names with the same origin as Maiya | | Meaning/translation: | maybe wet nurse, midwife |
| Language of origin: | Latin |
| Info about origin: | in Greek mythology Maia is the most beautiful of the Pleiades and the mother of Mercury |
| | the name Maia maybe means wet nurse, midwife |
| | in Roman mythology Maja (later seen as identical with the Greek Maia) was a Goddess of fertility and of the growth in Spring |
| | the name of the month May is derived from the Roman Maja |
| Words: | maia = the wet nurse, the midwife Old Greek |
| | mai- = big, great Latin |
| | der Mai = May (the month of May) German |
| Topics: | Greek mythology, Roman mythology |
| Variants' top ranks: | 1:Maja Sweden 2010, 12:Maia Montevideo 2012, 15:Maya Germany First 2013, 30:Mya Canada/BC 2011, 93:Maj Sweden 2014, 993:Maiya USA 2000 |
| Somehow related to: | May |
| Name variants: | Maia, Maiya, Maj, Maja, Maya, Mya Sortable list Details |
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