Given name
Maïa
“mother”
Maïa is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
Maïa’s family of names
In French usage, Maïa was borrowed from the Ancient Greek form Μαῖα. In French usage, Maïa has a conventional equivalent in the Bulgarian form Мая.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Maïa
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