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Throughout the world, マイヤ (Maija , マイヤ ) is quite a rare principally girly, but very infrequently boy's first name. The forename マイヤ is habitual in Latvia, where it is quite a common primarily girly, but scarcely boy's name, Finland, where it is quite a common girly name, and Israel, where it is quite a rare girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Finland, the United States, and Latvia. Much less frequently, マイヤ is the last name as well as the forename.
マイヤ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Maija Harri , the operatic character in the opera The Ostrobothnians; daughter of Erkki, fiancée of Antti and Maija Helminen , the fictional person in tv-series Uusi Päivä.