Maja (first name)
Maja , also Maia , Maija or Maya , is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
Maja, also Maia, (cf. Latin maius 'greater') means something like "the noble, higher".
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In Greek mythology, Maia (Μαῖα) is one of the seven Pleiades , daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes . The Maia of Roman mythology was an old Italian goddess, to whom the month name May may be traced back. She was a consort of the god Vulcanus and, according to Greek mythology, was considered the mother of Mercury , the Roman equivalent of the Greek Hermes.
Maia is a Georgian and Portuguese form of the name Maja.
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Maja and Maija (Baltic, Finnish) are also forms of the given name Maria .
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In old Japanese , the girl's first name Māya means something like "golden lock". This name was rediscovered in the Kokugaku and has enjoyed increasing popularity ever since.
As an Arabic female first name, Maya means source or river.
In Hebrew, the name comes from the word "Maayan" as a shorthand and pet form. The Hebrew term Maayan means source.
In India Māyā is the name of a goddess (Sanskrit माया) and is the goddess of illusion or world creator.
Name bearers
Maja
- Maja Alm (* 1988), Danish orienteer
- Maja Beckmann (* 1977), German actress
- Maja Berezowska (1898–1978), Polish painter
- Maja Beutler (* 1936), Swiss writer
- Maja Brunner (* 1951), Swiss singer
- Maja Classen (* 1974), German film director
- Maja Dahlqvist (* 1994), Swedish cross-country skier
- Maja Einstein (1881–1951), German Romanist, sister of Albert Einstein
- Maja Catrin Fritsche (* 1960), German singer
- Maja Gerber-Hess (* 1946), Swiss writer
- Maja Göpel (* 1976), German political economist, transformation researcher and expert in sustainability science
- Maja Haderlap (* 1961), Austrian writer
- Maja Hieke (* 1997), German actress
- Maja Ivarsson (* 1979), Swedish singer
- Maja Keuc (* 1992), Slovenian singer
- Maja Komorowska (* 1937), Polish actress
- Maja Lex (1906–1986), German choreographer
- Maja Lunde (* 1975) is a Norwegian writer and screenwriter
- Maja Maneiro (* 1982), German actress and voice actress with Spanish roots
- Maja Maranow (1961-2016), German actress
- Maja Neuenschwander (* 1980), Swiss historian and athlete
- Maja Osojnik (* 1976), Slovenian singer, flautist and composer
- Maja Plissezkaja (1925-2015), Soviet prima ballerina
- Maja Ratkje (* 1973), Norwegian singer, live electronics technician and composer
- Maja Schöne (* 1976), German actress
- Maja Sokač (* 1982), Croatian handball player
- Maja Stolle (* 1943), Swiss actress
- Maia Chiburdanidze (* 1961), Georgian chess player
- Maja Ussowa (* 1965), Russian figure skater
- Maja von Vogel (* 1973), German writer and translator
- Maja Weber (* 1974), Swiss cellist
- Maja Weber (* 1976), German journalist and news presenter
- Maja Wicki-Vogt (1940–2016), Swiss philosopher, publicist, psychoanalyst and trauma therapist
Maia
- Maia Barmettler (* 1981), Swiss ski racer
- Maia Brewton (born 1977), American actress
- Maia Ciobanu (* 1952), Romanian composer
- Maia Hirasawa (* 1980), Swedish-Japanese musician
- Maia Lomineishvili (* 1977), Georgian chess player
- Maia Lumsden (* 1998), British tennis player
- Maia Mitchell (born 1993), Australian actress
- Maia Morgenstern (* 1962), Romanian actress
- Maia Pandschikidze (* 1960), Georgian diplomat and politician
- Maia Sandu (* 1972), Moldovan economist and politician
- Maia Shibutani (* 1994), American figure skater
- Maia Chiburdanidze (* 1961), Georgian world chess champion
Maija
- Maija Holopainen (* 1978), Finnish biathlete
- Maija Isola (1927–2001), Finnish designer and artist
- Maija-Liisa Komulainen (* 1922), Finnish interior designer and industrial designer
- Maija Manesa (* 1985), Kazakh weightlifter
- Maija Parnas (* 1974), Transnistrian politician
- Maija Tammi (* 1985), Finnish photographer
- Maija Tīruma-Eichhorn (* 1983), Latvian luge athlete
- Maija Vilkkumaa (* 1973), Finnish singer, composer and poet
Maya
- Maya Angelou (1928–2014), American writer
- Maya Berović (* 1987), Bosnian popfolk singer
- Maya Deren (1917–1961), American director
- Maya Eshet (* 1990), Israeli actress and voice actress
- Maya Fadeeva (* 1987), Russian-German singer, songwriter and music producer
- Maya Graber (* 1974), Swiss sculptor and medalist
- Maya Haddad (* 1988), German actress
- Maya Hakvoort (* 1966), Dutch musical actress
- Maya Hawke (* 1998), American actress and model
- Maya Jribi (1960–2018), Tunisian politician and feminist
- Maya Kidowaki (* 1969), Japanese tennis player
- Maya Le Clark (* around 2011), American actress
- Maya Maron (* 1980), Israeli actress
- Maya Nadig (* 1946), Swiss cultural anthropologist and ethno-psychoanalyst
- Maya Onken (* 1968), Swiss author
- Maya Pedersen-Bieri (* 1972), Swiss skeleton pilot
- Maya Rudolph (* 1972), American actress and comedian
- Maya Saban (* 1978), German-Israeli pop singer
- Maya Singh , German musician
- Maya Stojan (* 1986), Swiss actress
- Maya Ying Lin (* 1959), American artist
- Maya Zapata (born 1981), Mexican actress
Works of art
- The naked Maja , the painting by Francisco de Goya
Fictional characters
Web links
Frequency, regional distribution and age cohort distribution of the name Maja in Slovenia