Maiza
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in England and Wales.
Maiza by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Maiza. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Maiza
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 Maiza. 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)
- Mairaself-sustaining, generous76 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maizypearl; a modern form of Maisie60 in the US (2017)
- Maidamaiden; a form of Maid14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maijabeloved; a form of Maria3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Maiza
Names that are said the same way as Maiza, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Maizah5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Maiza
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