Given name · Hindi · Marathi · Sanskrit

माया

“measure, magic, binding, fettering”

माया (māyā́) is a feminine given name. It is used in Hindi, Marathi, and Sanskrit.

Hindi and Marathi and SanskritWritten in Devanagari script. In English: Maya.

Find names like माया

Meaning & origin

What it means

माया probably goes back to a word meaning “measure, magic, binding, fettering.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

माया’s family of names

माया has a later derivative in 摩耶. In Marathi usage, माया has a conventional equivalent in the English form Maya. In Hindi usage, माया can be written in the Roman alphabet as māyā.

Walk माया’s family in the name graph

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

माया has relatives in 4 languages.

4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

māyāromanization · Hindi

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love माया, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Your shortlist