Maica

given name · Latin script

Meaning: . In multe zile se aminteste In sinaxare eft o maica" anonima, cu fiicele" sau coconii" sai

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

/maika/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Maica is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 34K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ESSpain1 in 173K
  • UYUruguay1 in 94K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,200 people, est.

Sources
96 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 34K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Romanian

. In multe zile se aminteste In sinaxare eft o maica" anonima, cu fiicele" sau coconii" sai. 1. Maica f., mold., 1645 (RI VI 87). v. M A M A, partea a II-a. 2. Maican boier 1521-29 (P Gov f° 14 vo).

Sources 1

  • Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Attested across 37 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Maica 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 Maica is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈3,200 est.≈1 in 34K—Maica52
ID Indonesia≈2,800 est.≈1 in 95K—Maica20
ES Spain2891 in 173K289Maica82
BR Brazil2641 in 802K303Maica50
IT Italy≈190 est.≈1 in 338K1Maica8
AR Argentina≈140 est.≈1 in 322K232Maica29
UY Uruguay361 in 94K36Maica9

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: INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). 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)

Maica is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Romanian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Romania, Spain, United States

    Also written Maică

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, India, Spain, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Maicá

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Maicá, Maïca

  • Arabic given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Philippines, Spain

    Also written Mảica

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Philippines, Spain, United States

    Also written Maicá

  • Thai given name31 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Laos, Thailand, Philippines

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written Micah, Mika, Mica, ไมคา, Maika

42 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Maica is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Spanish: contracted pet form of María Carmen ; cf. MAITE .

    as a word

  • In Romanian, definite nominative/accusative singular of maică

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Maica,Hi Maica, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 32 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Maica
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—1.4K#6,692
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—232—
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—18#88,854

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Maica?
A machine transcription gives /maika/ (IPA) for Spanish.
What does the name Maica mean?
Recorded meaning: . In multe zile se aminteste In sinaxare eft o maica" anonima, cu fiicele" sau coconii" sai.
Is Maica a male or female name?
Maica 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 Maica have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.2 thousand people named Maica in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maica.
How common is the name Maica?
In Spain, the national register counted 289 people named Maica, about 1 in 173 thousand residents.

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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, “Maica”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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