Maiya
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning illusion; a form of Maya.
Maiya by the numbers
In 2025, 25 babies in England and Wales were named Maiya. In the US, 120 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 213 babies in 2000, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Maya
Like Maiya, each of these traces back to Maya: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Maya-Roseillusion rose; combination of Maya and Rose18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maya-Raeillusion; a form of Maya with Rae suffix5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mayasillusions; plural form of Maya5 in the US (2017)
- Maya-Graceillusion; compound with Grace; a form of Maya4 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maiya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maiathe great one, mother goddess255 in England and Wales (2025)
- Miyatemple, shrine258 in the US (2017)
- Mairaself-sustaining, generous76 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariyaof the sea or beloved; a form of Maria24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maidamaiden; a form of Maid14 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Maiya
Names that are said the same way as Maiya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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