All over the world, ﻣﺎﻳﺎ (ﻣﺎﻳﺎ 
) is a rare mostly female, but seldom male given name. The first name ﻣﺎﻳﺎ is habitual in Syria, where it is quite a rare largely girly, but uncommonly masculine name, Sudan, where it is a rare feminine name, and Egypt, where it is a rare gender-neutral name. Much less frequently, ﻣﺎﻳﺎ is the last name as well as the forename.