Maya
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Spanish variant related to Mage, from Old French mage ‘judge/magistrate’; town official
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/maɪə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Maya is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country. In Slovenia it is the 6th most common given name.
- SYSyria≈1 in 1K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 3.2K
- GEGeorgia1 in 85as მაია
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 Maya 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.
- Poland (measured from records)
- #626 (measured from records)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 302 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)
188,657 named Maja, 2026
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Syria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Maja in PL Poland, SI Slovenia, RS Serbia, Майя in RU Russia, FI Finland, Maia in US United States and მაია in GE Georgia.
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)
Spanish variant related to Mage, from Old French mage ‘judge/magistrate’; town official.
Sources 1
- Tên Họ Người Việt Nam
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Maya 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | #190 | 188,657as Maja | 1 in 203 | 189K | Maja | 180 |
| US United States | — | 103,000 | 1 in 3.2K | 103K | Maia | 302 |
| RU Russia | #139 | ≈60,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | #103 | Майя | 169 |
| GE Georgia | #380 | 46,875as მაია | 1 in 85 | 47K | მაია | 76 |
| RS Serbia | #45 | ≈36,000 est. | ≈1 in 195 | — | Maja | 79 |
| FI Finland | #447 | 29,075as Maija | 1 in 192 | 43K | Майя | 11 |
| SY Syria | #164 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Maya | 33 |
| SI Slovenia | #6 | 13,767as Maja | 1 in 153 | 14K | Maja | 87 |
188,657 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20), 2026. 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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Maya is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, The great one; name of Roman goddess and a Hindu goddess; nickname from Maria
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In French, Name with multiple origins, often linked to Hebrew Mayim or Sanskrit māyā
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
variant spelling ofMaid, habitational name from Maid de Montcal and other places (see Maia)
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, A member or descendant of various peoples:
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Nrsimha (N); Rama (N); Siva (N)
as a nameSunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Maja Michailowna Plissezkajab. 1925RUnot in their usual nameRussian ballet dancer (1925-2015)
- Maya Angeloub. 1928USAmerican poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)
- Maya Harrisb. 1967USAmerican attorney and advocate (born 1967)
- Erika Eleniakb. 1969USnot in their usual nameAmerican-Canadian actress of Estonian-Ukrainian descent (born 1969)
- Maya Rudolphb. 1972USAmerican actress and comedian
- Maya Sansab. 1975ITItalian actress
- Maya Kazanb. 1986USAmerican actress
- Maya Erskineb. 1987USAmerican actress
- Maya Mooreb. 1989USAmerican basketball player (born 1989)
- Maya Hawkeb. 1998USAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
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 145 sources across 73 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 10K | #3,466 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 9.8K | #3,563 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 7.2K | #4,520 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 7 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 7 | #167,523 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 5 | — |
Reference works 9
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 Maya?
- A machine transcription gives /maɪə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- What does the name Maya mean, and where does it come from?
- Spanish variant related to Mage, from Old French mage ‘judge/magistrate’; town official. Recorded by Tên Họ Người Việt Nam.
- Is Maya a male or female name?
- Maya 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 Maya have the most bearers?
- In Poland, the national register counted about 189 thousand people named Maja, more than in any other country we hold.
- What are other forms of the name Maya?
- In the etymology graph, Mya is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Maya?
- In the United States, the national register counted 103,000 people named Maya in 2020, about 1 in 3.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Maya compared with other names?
- In Poland, Maya is the 190th most common given name of 25,969 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Maya?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mayaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Maya” — the 190th most common given name in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.