Maya

MAH-yah; MIE-uh; MAY-uh

Sanskrit, English, Hebrew, Estonian

"illusion, magic; mother; water; beloved, bitter, drop of the sea"

Maya Origin and Meaning

Variation of May

Maya Rank in US Top 1000

# 51 in the US

Maya Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 115 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Maya

• 51 US 2024
• 115 Nameberry 2025
• 16 Canada 2024
• 39 Future 2035
• 15 England 2024
• 19 scotland 2024
• 18 Ireland 2024
• 44 Australia 2024
• 58 New Zealand 2024
• 66 France 2024
• 26 Germany 2017
• 52 Netherlands 2024
• 16 Brazil 2024
• 86 sweden 2024
• 85 Belgium 2024
• 58 switzerland 2024
• 77 Austria 2024
• 152 Poland 2020
• 5 Israel 2023
• 45 Dogs 2023
• 46 Cats 2023

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Famous People Named Maya

• Maya Micallef a popular writer on Wattpad
• Maya Stojan actress
• Maya Queen of Sakya, mother of Buddha
• Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson) American poet
• Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam aka M.I.A. British singer,songwriter
• Maya Mikhaylovna Plisetskaya Soviet born Spanish,Lithuanian prima ballerina assolata, choreographer, ballet director, and actress
• Maya Deren (born Eleonora Derenkovskaya) American avant,garde filmmaker
• Maya Khabira Rudolph American actress and comedienne
• Maya Ying Lin American architect
• Maya April Moore American basketball player
• Maya Berovic Bosnian pop singer
• Maya Gilbert American actress
• Maya Thompson American songwriter and cancer activist
• Maya Simantov Israeli singer,songwriter
• Maya Kulenovic Bosnian,Canadian painter
• Maya Bouskilla Israeli pop singer
• Maya Bond Japanese,American singer,songwriter
• Maya Ritter Canadian actress
• Gate Maya Samuelsson Ethiopian,born model; wife of celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson
• Maya Widmaier Picasso, daughter of painter Pablo Picasso and Marie,Thérèse Walter
• Madeline "Maya" Dirado American swimmer
• Maya Kassandra Soetoro half,sister of U.S. President Barack Obama
• Maya Fahey (b. 1989) daughter of actress Victoria Rowell and Tom Fahey
• Maya Ray Thurman Hawke (b. 1998), actress; daughter of Uma Thurman & Ethan Hawke
• Maya Celia Sally Wigram (b. 2004) daughter of designer Phoebe Philo and Max Wigram
• Maya Rose Weisman (b. 2006) daughter of actor Kevin Weisman
• Maya Versano (b. 2017) daughter of actress Gal Gadot and Yaron Versano
• Maya Gabeira Brazilian surfer

The name Maya in Pop Culture

• Maya character in the book series "Maximum Ride" by James Patterson
• Maya Matlin character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
• Maya Ward character on American soap "General Hospital"
• Maya Fey character in the "Ace Attorney" video game series
• Maya main character in 2013 film "Zero Dark Thirty"
• Maya character in video game "Borderlands 2"
• Maya Santos main character on animated series "Maya & Miguel," twin to Miguel
• Maya St. Germain character in the "Pretty Little Liars" series
• Maya Gallo character on TV's "Just Shoot Me!"
• Maya recurring character in the "Harvest Moon" video game series
• Maya Bennett character on TV's "Suite Life on Deck"
• Maya main character in "Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator"
• Maya Bennett daughter of Sam and Naomi on TV's "Private Practice"
• Maya Penelope Hart character on TV's "Girl Meets World" portayed by Sabrina Carpenter
• Maya Tamerlane Fikry main character in "The Storied Life of AJ Fikry," by Gabrielle Zevins
• Maya dancer in video game 'Dragon
• Maya Delaney character in Kelley Armstrong's "Darkness Rising Series"
• Maya Fallegeros character in the "Killer Instinct" video games series
• Maya character in TV show "The 100"
• Maya Herrera Dominican character in TV show "Heroes"
• Maya Vargas character portrayed by Jennifer Lopez in the 2018 Film "Second Act"

International Variations of the name Maya

• Mayanita Spanish
• Maj Scandinavian
• Maja Scandinavian