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Girl · English (respelling of Maya)
Mya
Say it: MY-uh
Meaning
A modern spelling of Maya. Maya itself has several unrelated sources (Greek Maia, Sanskrit maya 'illusion', and use as a short form of Mary or Amalia), so the name has no single meaning.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Taken up in the US in the 1990s and 2000s, helped by the singer Mýa.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 57,601 babies given this name since 1954
- At its height in 2009, about 1 in 538 girls
- 1,234 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Maya, Myah
Famous bearers
- Mýa, American R&B singer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.