Maja

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Maya in IN India, SY Syria, BG Bulgaria and 3 more, Майя in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, FI Finland and 3 more, Maia in GE Georgia, BR Brazil, US United States and 1 more and Maiia in AR Argentina, NO Norway, DK Denmark and 1 more.

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◐

Maja is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Danish given name100K records spelled Maja15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Mayya, Majå, Majã, Mája, Májá

• English given name74K records spelled Maja166 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, Germany, India

  Languages: English, German, Danish

  Also written Maya, Mayae, Ma'Ya, Maýa, Màyà

• Hungarian given name43K records spelled Maja15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Slovenia, Hungary, India, United States

  Also written Maya, Maia, Manya, Mánya, Máia

• Spanish given name15K records spelled Maja18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Serbia

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Majà, Mahah, Majá, Mája, Màja

• Finnish given name7.7K records spelled Maja10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, India, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Maya, Mäyä, Mäÿä, Màyà, Mája

• a separate given name4.1K records spelled Maja7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Serbia, Slovenia

  Also written Majâ, Maǰa, Mája, Mäja, Majà

61 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●

Maja 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 Serbo-Croatian, kvas, kvasac, germa

  as a word·Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (1971-74)

• German and Scandianvian: pet form of MARIA , or else from Latin Maia (see MAYA ).

  as a word

• In tut-pro, to miss, fail, bad luck

  as a word·StarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

• In Cebuano, a pudding, usually made using cornstarch and coconut milk

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In dlm, mine; first-person feminine singular possessive pronoun

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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) — 66 years between 1953–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Maja Michailowna Plissezkajab. 1925RURussian ballet dancer (1925-2015)
• Maja Komorowskab. 1937PLPolish actress
• Maja Ostaszewskab. 1972PLPolish actress
• Maya Sarb. 1981BAnot in their usual nameBosnian singer
• Maja Włoszczowskab. 1983PLPolish mountain biker
• Maja Ognjenovićb. 1984RSSerbian female volleyball player
• Maya Yoshidab. 1988JPnot in their usual nameJapanese association football player
• Maja Keucb. 1992SISlovenian singer
• Maya Sakurab. 1998JPnot in their usual nameJapanese singer
• Maja Chwalińskab. 2001PLPolish female tennis 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 · 923 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Maja?

We estimate roughly 513 thousand people bear Maja (counting its spellings and scripts) across 17 countries in our records.

In which country does Maja have the most bearers?

Maja is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled maya.

Where is Maja most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Maja is densest in Georgia — about 1 in 85 people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

How common is Maja compared with other names?

In India, Maja is the 131st most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Maja a male or female name?

Maja 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 Maja mean?

Recorded meaning: genitive singular of maj