Given name & surname · also Latin
Maia
Maia is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in English, French, Portuguese, Estonian, and 1 other language.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
In mythological stories, Maia is associated with the goddess of spring.
Maia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18,200
- 0 boys · 18,200 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 752 babies
- 2025
- 715
- #433 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +18%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 715 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 433 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 17.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (118). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,491 as a first name in 2020; 1,410 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maia’s family of names
In German usage, Maia is a diminutive of Maria. In Estonian usage, Maia shares a linguistic root with the Finnish form Maija. In English usage, Maia has a related form in Maya.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Maia has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
9 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Mayavariant · English, Portuguese
- Mariafull form · German
- Myavariant
- Mayahvariant
- Maishort form · Estonian
- Majavariant
- Maiahvariant
- Maievariant · Estonian
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Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Maia
- Maia SanduPresident of Moldova since 2020born 1972
- Maia ChiburdanidzeGeorgian chess grandmasterborn 1961
- Maia MitchellAustralian actress (born 1993)
- Maia MorgensternRomanian actressborn 1962
- Maia ReficcoAmerican actressborn 2000
- Maia PanjikidzeGeorgian diplomatborn 1960
- Maia ShibutaniAmerican ice dancerborn 1994
- Maia WeintraubAmerican fencer (born 2002)
- MxmtoonAmerican singer-songwriter and YouTuberborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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