Maia (meaning and origin)

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Maia

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Meaning and origin
Maia is a Greek girl name. The meaning of the name is `Latin nurse, mother, goddess of spring; great `.

Where is it used?
The name Maia is mainly used in Roman Mythology.

What Maia`s say about their name

The best thing about the name Maia:
the meaning. I love spring...
The worst thing about the name:
It's short and not very mysterious or elegant
If my name wasn`t Maia....:
Don't know. I guess I've settled with it
Extra information:
Don't give the name to your baby. If everybody's called Maia it gets boring and I'll have to change my name.
The best thing about the name Maia:
It's unique and not many people spell it like that
The worst thing about the name:
mispelled and mispronounced. a lot of mia mya maya action goes on
If my name wasn`t Maia....:
bree maybe
Extra information:
it's short and no nicknames for it, but thats a good thing

More `Maia` links
Maia as abbreviation
Actors named Maia
Maia in the encyclopedia

Statistics for Maia

Maia appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 608.. 2006 was a `top year` for the name Maia. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #509. The last time Maia appeared among the most common names was in 1996. Our records go back to 1880

Year	Rank	Rank
2007	608
2006	509
2005	523
2004	562
2003	565
2002	533
2001	604
2000	548
1999	586
1998	538
1997	667
1996	823
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