Name profile

Maia

feminine

90First-name usabilityHighly workable

Evidence coverageLimited

This reflects the first name on its own. The full-name report scores the complete combination separately.

Great; mother -- from Ancient Greek Μαίη/μαῖα (maia), an honorific term for older women related to μήτηρ (meter, "mother") and also used to mean "midwife."

Why it works

English speakers will almost certainly pronounce it correctly on the first try
spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

What to know

pronunciation varies somewhat by language — see "How it travels" for the specifics

Popularity

Distinctive — #433 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Maia means Great; mother -- from Ancient Greek Μαίη/μαῖα (maia), an honorific term for older women related to μήτηρ (meter, "mother") and also used to mean "midwife.".

VerifiedDirectly documented by an independent source, with no competing account on file.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

EnglishMY-uhresearched pronunciation

TurkishEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; Turkish pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to Turkish speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

GermanEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; German pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to German speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Also documented

English (regional variant): my-AH

Popularity without panic

Distinctive — #433 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Recognizable without feeling overused.

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Real-world considerations

Spelling note: Maya.

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