Mahia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Mahia by the numbers
Mahia was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Mahia
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mahia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maliacalm, peaceful; hawaiian form of Mary1,416 in the US (2017)
- Maiathe great one, mother goddess255 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mahiraskilled; proficient; expert69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mahagreat, magnificent63 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mahifish; great, large40 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Mahia
Names that are said the same way as Mahia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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