Given name · Japanese
摩耶
摩耶 (Maya) is a feminine given name from Middle Chinese, ultimately from Sanskrit. It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Maya.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
摩耶 comes from Middle Chinese, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Japanese usage, 摩耶 developed from माया.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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