Girl name origins & meanings
- Hawaiian : Precious one
- English : Month of May
- Hebrew : Bitter
- Latin : Great
- Greek : Mother
- Hindi : God's divine creative power
Family name origins & meanings
- Spanish (from Basque) : habitational name from Maya del Baztán in Navarre province, from Basque Amaiur.
- Catalan : variant spelling of Maià, habitational name from Maià de Montcal and other places (see Maia)