Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Feminine Usage Medieval Galician Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 12/25/2019 by Frollein Gladys Edited 8/29/2020 by Frollein Gladys Meaning & History Derived from Galician maior "major, greater", this name is an adoption of the title of the Virgin Mary Santa María a Maior (Saint Mary the Great in English).