Máira

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Máira is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Puerto Rico it is the 27th most common given name. Recorded meaning: First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1935. From Marija (“Mary”).

rarermore common
  • COColombia≈1 in 2.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BRBrazil1 in 4.1K
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 7.3K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Máira itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

65,662 named Mayra, 2020

#814 (measured from records)

of 15M given names, spellings grouped

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Record sources
420 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Colombia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)
MayraLatin(measured from records)
МайраCyrillic(measured from records)
ΜαυραGreek(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Mayra in US United States, AR Argentina, CO Colombia and 4 more and Maira in BR Brazil, HN Honduras, PK Pakistan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1935. From Marija (“Mary”).

Cited for this meaning 3

  • Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
  • Wiktionary
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Máira counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Máira is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#74465,662as Mayra1 in 5.1K66KMayra420
EC Ecuador#8653,593as Mayra1 in 31554KMayra72
BR Brazil#37952,1201 in 4.1K56KMaira157
PK Pakistan—≈32,000 est.≈1 in 7.3K—Maira60
AR Argentina#283≈27,000 est.≈1 in 1.7K144Mayra116
CO Colombia#136≈23,000 est.≈1 in 2.1K25Mayra134
NI Nicaragua#44≈16,000 est.≈1 in 385—Mayra34
HN Honduras#168≈14,000 est.≈1 in 645—Maira34
SV El Salvador#167≈12,000 est.≈1 in 540—Mayra49
PR Puerto Rico#27≈7,300 est.≈1 in 4355Mayra57

65,662 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); the co-datosgov-candidates register; INEC — civil registry names; SSA Baby Names — Puerto Rico (state file PR.txt). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Máira is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Maíra, Maïra, Mairá, Maira, Maĭra

  • Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Maira, Maíra

  • French given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Singapore

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Maira, Maïra, Maíra, Maîra, Mäirä

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Máira under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Máira mean, and where does it come from?
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1935. From Marija (“Mary”). Recorded by Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,… and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
Is Máira a male or female name?
Máira is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Máira have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 66 thousand people named Mayra, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Máira?
In Brazil, the national register counted 52,120 people named Máira in 2022, about 1 in 4.1 thousand residents.
How common is Máira compared with other names?
In the United States, Máira is the 744th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Máira” — the 744th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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