Save Gender Feminine Usage English (Modern) Pronounced Pron. MIE-ə [key·IPA] Other Forms FormsMaya, Maia Meaning & History Variant of Maya 2.
Save Gender Feminine Usage Tamil Pronounced Pron. MIE-ah [key] Other Forms FormsMaia, Maya, Maaya Meaning & History The name means "Illusion" in Sanskrit, having to do with the hindu belief that the world is all an illusion which one must overcome to reach moksha or nirvana
Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 舞弥(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. MIE-YAH [key] Meaning & History From 舞 (mai) "circle, wheel" and 弥 (ya) "increasingly"