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Майя
Майя (Májja) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian and Ukrainian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Maya.
Meaning & origin
Майя’s family of names
In Russian usage, Майя has a diminutive in Майка. In Russian usage, Майя has a conventional equivalent in the English form Maya. In Russian usage, Майя has a conventional equivalent in the English form Maia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Майя has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
6 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MayaEnglish
- Amayaequivalent
- MaiaEnglish
- Miyaequivalent
- Majaequivalent
- Maijaequivalent
- Maajaequivalent
- Маяequivalent
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People named Майя
- Maya PlisetskayaRussian ballet dancer (1925-2015)
- Maya SarBosnian singerborn 1981
- Maya KristalinskayaSoviet singer (1932-1985)
- Maya PetrovaRussian handball playerborn 1982
- Maiya ManezaKazakhstani weightlifterborn 1985
- Maya ParnasTransnistrian politicianborn 1974
- Maya UsovaRussian ice dancerborn 1964
- Maya BulgakovaSoviet and Russian actress (1932–1994)
- Medeniyet ShahberdiyevaSoviet opera singer and music educator1930–2018
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