Mayya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Mayya by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Mayya.
What we can tell you about Mayya
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 Mayya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maiyaillusion; a form of Maya25 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maysawalking with a proud gait35 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maryastar of the sea; a form of Maria or Mary10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maayaillusion; maya3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mayra160 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mayya
Names that are said the same way as Mayya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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