Alternatives To Maya

  1. Zaya
    • Origin:

      Variation of Zayah, Arabic
    • Meaning:

      "honest; hope"
    • Description:

      Zaya, which rhymes with Maya, came to attention as the name of basketball great Dwyane Wade's older daughter, the stepdaughter of actress Gabrielle Union. Zaya is a form of Zayah, for which there are various origins and meanings noted online, from Native American to Hebrew to Aboriginal, but we think the Arabic is most reliable.
  2. Zoraya
    • Origin:

      Arabic, Persian
    • Meaning:

      "the Pleiades"
    • Description:

      Variant of rising star Soraya, with that cool Z initial.