Maya

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Gender Feminine

Usage Bulgarian

Scripts Мая(Bulgarian)

Meaning & History

Bulgarian variant of Maja 2.

Added 6/22/2010 by kerrigwen
Edited 1/3/2021 by Frollein Gladys and Ora

Gender Feminine

Usage Turkmen

Pronounced Pron. Ma:ya [key]

Meaning & History

Not available.

Added 8/19/2016 by dnzarasli
Edited 9/13/2016 by dnzarasli

Gender Feminine & Masculine

Usage Japanese

Scripts 麻耶, 麻弥, 麻矢, 麻也, 麻野, 麻椰, 真耶, 眞耶, 摩耶, 磨耶, 茉耶, 舞耶, 万耶, 真彩, 真綾, 麻絢, etc.(Japanese Kanji) まや(Japanese Hiragana) マヤ(Japanese Katakana)

Pronounced Pron. MA-YA [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Combination of a ma kanji, like 麻 meaning "hemp, flax," 真/眞 meaning "pure, true," 磨/摩 meaning "polish, shine," 茉, part of 茉莉 (matsuri), referring to the Arabian jasmine, 舞 meaning "dance" or 万 meaning "ten thousand," and a ya kanji, such as 耶, 弥 meaning "increase," 矢 meaning "arrow," 也, 野 meaning "field" or 椰, referring to the (coconut) palm. The second element can also be written with kanji that have the reading Aya 1 (彩, 綾 and 絢 for example).

Bearers of this name include announcer and newscaster Maya Kobayashi (小林麻耶) (1979-), idol Maya Sugawara (菅原茉椰) (2000-) and (male) footballer Maya Yoshida (吉田麻也) (1988-).

Added 1/17/2017 by cutenose
Edited 3/9/2020 by Mike C, m4yb3_daijirou and cutenose