Maija
A girls’ name of Finnish origin, meaning beloved; a form of Maria.
Maija by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Maija. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 59 babies in 1999, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Maria
Like Maija, each of these traces back to Maria: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Miamine; also a form of Maria13,453 in the US (2017)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Myamine; a modern respelling of Mia or form of Maria1,728 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
- Marissaof the sea; form of Maria or Maris427 in the US (2017)
- Mariellaof the sea; a form of Maria30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marianoof Mars, warlike; masculine form of Maria148 in the US (2017)
- Maritzaof the sea; a form of Marina or Maria142 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maija. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maiathe great one, mother goddess255 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maiyaillusion; a form of Maya25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Majaillusion; the mother of Hermes in Greek mythology85 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mairaself-sustaining, generous76 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maidamaiden; a form of Maid14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marijaof mary; slavic form of maria5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean love
Like Maija, each of these has love in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Milagracious, dear1,014 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mollybeloved; a diminutive of Mary405 in England and Wales (2025)
- Freyalady; goddess of love1,802 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amybeloved1,724 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Maija
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