Maija

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled ไมจา in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Maija is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name12K records spelled Maija13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Finland, Australia, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Maïja

• Latvian given name8.5K records spelled Maija3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Latvia, United States, United Kingdom, Russia

  Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian

  Also written Mayya

• a separate given name690 records spelled Maija2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Finland, India, Latvia

  Also written Máijá

• French given name509 records spelled Maija3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Finland, United States, Latvia

  Also written Maïja

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Maija is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, weibl. Vom., russische Koseform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In dag, 1. self, (reflexive or emphatic KO kpag .. maga (tone H L H) in use.) ‘try ; do your best to ..’: lit. 2. the person is indicated by prefixing the personal ‘strengthen.. self pronouns 3. when duplicated it gives the [Mmagmaga ni chag. I emphatic sense: myself will go.] Ill Singular cl. Definition Comment Mangarba P n - Sunset Prayer; it is performed immediately after sunset

  as a word·Dagbani Dictionary CD

• In Latvian, brahmanisma filozofijā - daudzveidīgas pasaules ilūzija, kas nezināšanas dēļ šķiet reāli eksistējoša, tādējādi aizsegdama dievību - vienīgo petiso realitāti; māja

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, Jēdziens indiešu reliģijā, filozofijā un kultūrā, kas var izpausties kā brīnumains spēks vai ilūzija; māja

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, viena no sešām spilgtajām zvaigznēm Plejādu zvaigznājā

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 68 years between 1952–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Maya Turovskayab. 1924RUnot in their usual nameSoviet and Russian film critic and theater critic, screenwriter, culturologist, film historian (1924-2019)
• Maja Michailowna Plissezkajab. 1925RUnot in their usual nameRussian ballet dancer (1925-2015)
• Maja Komorowskab. 1937PLnot in their usual namePolish actress
• Maja Gojkovićb. 1963RSnot in their usual nameSerbian politician
• Maya Usovab. 1964RUnot in their usual nameRussian ice dancer
• Maja Savićb. 1976MEnot in their usual nameMontenegrin handball player
• Maya Sarb. 1981BAnot in their usual nameBosnian singer
• Maya Petrovab. 1982RUnot in their usual nameRussian handball player
• Maja Ognjenovićb. 1984RSnot in their usual nameSerbian female volleyball player
• Maja Aleksićb. 1997RSnot in their usual nameSerbian volleyball player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 165 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Maija?

We estimate roughly 38 thousand people bear Maija (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Maija have the most bearers?

We estimate about 29 thousand people bear Maija in Finland, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled maija.

Where is Maija most common?

Maija is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 192 people carrying it.

How common is Maija compared with other names?

In Finland, Maija is the 80th most common given name of 51,554 given names recorded there.

Is Maija a male or female name?

Maija is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Maija mean?

Recorded meaning: Maija är en finsk form av → Maria men är också en äldre svensk skrivform av → Maja.