Maya is a primarily feminine name in various languages with various meanings. Originally from Sanskrit, the ancient Indian language, Māyā means "illusion or magic", and is an alternate name of the Hindu goddess

Lakshmi Lakshmi (; , , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, , ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism, revered as the goddess of wealth, fortune, prosperity, beauty, fertility, sovereignty, and abundance. She along with Parvat ...

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Tupi language Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi () is a classical Tupian language which was spoken by the indigenous Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. In the words of Brazilian tupinol ...

, of southern Brazil, it means "mother", while ''Mayara'' means "grandmother". In the

Māori language Māori (; endonym: 'the Māori language', commonly shortened to ) is an Eastern Polynesian languages, Eastern Polynesian language and the language of the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. The southernmost membe ...

, the name means "courage" or "bravery", and is popular for

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

girls in

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

. The name may be a variant form of the Greek

theonym A theonym (from Greek (), 'god', attached to (), ) is a proper name of a deity. Theonymy, the study of divine proper names, is a branch of onomastics, the study of the etymology, history, and use of proper names. Theonymy helps develop an und ...

Maia Maia (; Ancient Greek: Μαῖα; also spelled Maie, ; ), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes, one of the major Greek gods, by Zeus, the king of Olympus. Family Maia is the daughter of A ...

(Μαῖα in

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

), the eldest of the

Pleiades The Pleiades (), also known as Seven Sisters and Messier 45 (M45), is an Asterism (astronomy), asterism of an open cluster, open star cluster containing young Stellar classification#Class B, B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Tau ...

and the mother of

Hermes Hermes (; ) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology considered the herald of the gods. He is also widely considered the protector of human heralds, travelers, thieves, merchants, and orators. He is able to move quic ...

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

and

Roman mythology Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans, and is a form of Roman folklore. "Roman mythology" may also refer to the modern study of these representations, and to th ...

. Variously spelled ''Maia'' or ''Maja'' it can also be used as a short form of Maria or Mary in

Christian culture Christian culture generally includes all the cultural practices which have developed around the religion of Christianity. There are variations in the application of Christian beliefs in different cultures and traditions. Christian culture has i ...

such as Germany, the Scandinavian countries, and various East European and Balkan countries. ''Maya'' is also used as a short form for the name Amalia or the

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

name Amaia or Amaya (meaning "the end") in Spanish-speaking countries. Another variant of Maya is the

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

name ''Mayya'' (مية) which comes from May (مي) which means either good servant, pretty woman or water, It was also a popular name among medieval Arab women, one of the more notable ones being Mayya Bint Muqatil the lover of the Arab poet Dhul-Rumma In

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

Maya can be derived from the word Mayim (מים) which means Water.

Popularity

All variants of the name are well-used in the

English-speaking world The English-speaking world comprises the 88 countries and territories in which English language, English is an official, administrative, or cultural language. In the early 2000s, between one and two billion people spoke English, making it the ...

and other countries. Maya has ranked among the one thousand most popular names for girls in the United States since 1970 and among the top one hundred most popular names for American girls since 2002. Spelling variant Maia has ranked among the top one thousand names for American girls since 1996. In 2022, it was the 21st most popular name given to girls in Canada.

Women

A–C

* Maya Abu Al-Hayat, Palestinian novelist and poet * Maya Ackerman, Belarussian born American computer scientist *

Maya Ajmera Maya Ajmera is the President and CEO of Society for Science and Executive Publisher of ''Science News''. Ajmera is the founder of Global Fund for Children, a nonprofit organization that invests philanthropic capital in innovative community-based ...

, American author, publisher, and nonprofit founder * Maya Alagh, Indian television and film actress * Maya Alcantara (born 2000), American born Filipina football defender * Maya Alhawary (born 1979), Emirati educator *

Maya Ali Maryam Tanveer Ali (born 27 July 1989) known professionally Maya Ali, is a Pakistani actress who works in Urdu films and television series. She has received several accolades, including a Lux Style Award and three Hum Awards. Ali began her c ...

(born 1989), Pakistani actress * Maya Al-Zahrani (born 2008), Saudi footballer *

Maya Angelou Maya Angelou ( ; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credi ...

(1928–2014), African-American author and poet * Maya Arad (born 1971), American-based Israeli writer * Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (born 1975), better known as M.I.A., British singer/rapper * Maya-Gozel Aimedova (born 1941), Turkmen actress * Maya Arusi (born 1982), Israeli taekwondo practitioner and Olympian * Maya Attoun (1974-2022), Israeli multidisciplinary artist *

Maya Azucena Maya Azucena is an Americans, American singer-songwriter, recording artist and humanitarian from Brooklyn, New York City. She is a Ambassador, cultural ambassador, focusing on Women's empowerment, women's and youth empowerment as well as Dome ...

, American singer-songwriter, recording artist and humanitarian * Maya Badian (born 1945), Romanian-born Canadian composer, musicologist, and professor. * Maya Banks, American romance writer *

Maya Bamert Maya Bamert (born 7 December 1979 in Lachen, Switzerland, Lachen) is a Switzerland, Swiss bobsledder who has competed since 2003. She finished eighth in the two-woman event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Bamert also competed in the FIBT W ...

(born 1979), Swiss bobsledder and Olympian *

Maya Bar-Hillel Maya Bar-Hillel (; born 1943) is a professor emeritus of psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Known for her work on inaccuracies in human reasoning about probability, she has also studied decision theory in connection with Newcomb's ...

(born 1943), Israeli psychologist * Maya Barqui (born 1985), Israeli football defender *

Maya Beiser Maya Beiser (born 31 December 1963) is an American musician, cellist, performing artist and Record producer, producer who lives in New York City. Beiser was raised on a kibbutz in Israel by her France, French mother and Argentina, Argentine father ...

(born 1963), American musician, cellist, performing artist and producer * Maya Bejerano (born 1949), Israeli poet * Maya Belenkaya (born 1931), former Soviet figure skater *

Maya Kalle-Bentzur Maya may refer to: Ethnic groups * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (East Africa), a p ...

(born 1958), Israeli Olympic runner and long jumper *

Maya Berović Maja "Maya" Berović (; born 8 July 1987) is a Bosnian singer. Born in Ilijaš, she made her recording debut in 2007 with the album ''Život uživo''. It was followed by four other moderately successful releases: ''Crno zlato'' (2008), ''Maya (Ma ...

(born 1987), Bosnian pop star * Maya Bird-Murphy (born 1992), American architect and educator * Maya Blagoeva (born 1956), retired Bulgarian artistic gymnast and Olympian *

Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff (born 1954) is an American sci-fi and fantasy author and filk musician. As an author, she collaborated on several novels in the ''Batman'' and ''Star Wars'' franchise with Michael Reaves, and as a filk musician, she is a t ...

(born 1954), American science fiction and fantasy writer * Maya Bouskilla (born 1977), Israeli singer * Maya Brady (born 2001), American college softball player * Maya Bruney (born 1998), British-born sprinter with dual nationality who competes for Italy since 2021 * Maya Burman (born 1971), French artist * Maya-Camille Broussard, American chef, author, and restaurant owner * Maya Bulgakova (1932-1994), Soviet and Russian actress *

Maya Burhanpurkar Maya Burhanpurkar (born February 14, 1999) is a Canadian investment banker and former researcher. Personal life Burhanpurkar was born in Orillia, Ontario, Canada and completed high school in 2016 at Barrie North Collegiate Institute. She was an ...

(born 1999), Canadian researcher * Maya Buzinova (1929-2022), Russian animator * Maya Caldwell (born 1998), American professional basketball player * Maya Calé-Benzoor (born 1958), Israeli former Olympic runner and long jumper * Maya Casabianca (1941-2018), French-Israeli singer * Maya Devi Chettry (1921-1994), Indian politician * Maya Chinchilla, American poet * Maya Choudhury, Indian actress * Maya Chowdhry (born 1964), British playwright, poet and transmedia interactive artist. * Maya Cloetens (born 2002), Belgian biathlete * Maya Cohen Levy (born 1955), Israeli painter and sculptor. *

Maya Jane Coles Maya Jane Coles is a British music producer, audio engineer and DJ, born in London. Under her real name, she mostly composes and plays house and techno music, while her alias Nocturnal Sunshine creates darker, more bass-driven productions wit ...

, British music producer, audio engineer and DJ * Maya Cumming (born 2001), Australian singer-songwriter known professionally as MAY-A

D-H

* Maya Days, American singer * Maya Delilah (born 2000), English singer-songwriter and guitarist * Maya Deren (1917–1961), Ukrainian born American avant-garde filmmaker * Maya Diab (born 1980), Lebanese singer * Maya DiRado(born 1993), American retired competitive swimmer and Olympian * Maya Doms (born 2001), American professional women's soccer player * Maya Dunietz (born 1981), Israeli musician and artist * Maya Dusenbery, American journalist and author * Maya Ellis, British politician * Maya Erskine (born 1987), American actress * Maya Eshet (born 1990), Israeli actress * Maya Esparza, American politician * Maya Horgan Famodu (born 1991), Nigerian-American entrepreneur and business executive * Maya Fernández (born 1971), Chilean biologist, veterinarian and politician * Maya Fidawi, Lebanese illustrator of children's books *

Maya Forbes Maya Forbes (born July 23, 1968) is an American screenwriter and television producer. She made her debut as a film director with ''Infinitely Polar Bear'' (2014). Her other writing credits include the screenplay of ''The Rocker (film), The Rocker' ...

(born 1968), American screenwriter and television producer * Maya Ford (born 1979), American musician * Maya Forstater (born 1973) British gender critical activist * Maya Gabeira (born 1987), Brazilian surfer * Maya Vladimirova Georgieva (1955-2023), Bulgarian volleyball player and Olympian * Maya Georgieva (born 1962), former Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast *

Maya Ghazal Maya Ghazal () is a UK-based Syrian refugee, a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, one of the first female Syrians, Syrian refugee pilots, and a Diana Award winner. In 2019, Maya Ghazal became one of the first Syrian refugee women to earn a pilot license ...

(born c. 1999), United Kingdom-based Syrian refugee, a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, the first female Syrian pilot, and a Diana Award winner. * Maya Ghosh (1949-2019), Bangladeshi film, stage and television actress * Maya Glezarova (1924-2017), Russian violinist and academic * Maya Goded (born 1967), Mexican photographer and documentary film maker. * Maya Gold (born 1981), Hungarian pornographic actress * Maya Christina Gonzalez (born 1964), American artist, illustrator, educator and publisher of Chicana descent * Maya Gordon (born 2001), American soccer player * Maya Goshen (born 2000), Israeli judoka and Olympian * Maya Govind (1940-2022), Indian lyricist * Maya Green, American a community based HIV screening and prevention program. * Maýa Gulyýewa (1920-2018), Turkmen and Soviet soprano opera singer and actress * Maya Hahn (born 2001), New Zealand footballer * Maya Haïdar Boustani, Lebanese archaeologist and museum curator * Maya Hakvoort (born 1966), Dutch musical actress * Maya Hanoomanjee (born 1952), Mauritian politician * Maya Harris (born 1967), American lawyer, public policy advocate, and writer and sister of Kamala Harris * Maya Harrisson (born 1992), Swiss-Brazilian alpine skier and Olympian *

Maya Hawke Maya Ray Thurman Hawke (born July 8, 1998) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of Hollywood actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. She began her career in modeling, and subsequently made her screen debut as Jo March in ...

(born 1998), American actress * Maya Hayes (born 1992), American soccer coach and former player * Maya Hayuk (born 1969), American artist * Maya Higa (born 1998), a conservationist and Twitch streamer who streams under the name *

Maya Hijikata is a Japanese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for the Japanese club Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza, NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza and the Japan women's national football team, ...

(born 2004), Japanese professional footballer * Maya Hungerbühler (born 1943), Swiss former swimmet and Olympian

I–M

* Maya Inchikyan (1930-2013), Armenian and Soviet organic chemist * Maya Isacowitz (born 1987), Israeli singer-songwriter * Maya Jackson Randall (1979-2013), American journalist *

Maya Jama Maya Indea Jama ( ; born 14 August 1994) is a British television presenter and radio DJ. She co-presented BBC One's '' Peter Crouch: Save Our Summer'' alongside Peter Crouch and Alex Horne and was the presenter of the BBC Three competition '' ...

(born 1994), British television presenter and radio DJ *

Maya Jasanoff Maya R. Jasanoff (born 1974) is an American scholar of history studies who serves as Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University, where she focuses on the history of Britain and the British Empire. Early life Jasanoff grew up in Ithaca ...

(born 1974), American academic * Maya Jayapal (born 1941), Indian historian, author, columnist, teacher, and counselor. * Maya Joint (born 2006), American-born Australian tennis player * Maya Jribi (1960-2018), Tunisian politician * Maya Kamath (1951-2001), Indian cartoonist * Maya Karin (born 1979), Malaysian film actress, television host and singer * Maya Katsumura (born 2002) Japanese Idol of Japanese group NiziU * Maya Kazan (born 1986), American actress and director * Maya Kenig, Israeli film director, writer and actress * Maya Khromykh (born 2006), Russian figure skater * Maya Kingma (born 1995), Dutch triathlete and Olympian * Maya Kobayashi (born 1979), Japanese journalist * Maya Kodnani, Indian politician * Maya Koizumi (born 1988), Japanese actress, tarento, and former gravure idol *

Maya Kopitseva Maya Kuzminichna Kopitseva (; 18 May 1924 – 6 June 2005) was a Soviet Russian still-life painter and an Honored Artist of the RSFSR who lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg. She was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artis ...

(1924-2005), Soviet-Russian still-life artist * Maya Koveshnikova (1926-2013), Russian painter * Maya S. Krishnan, Indian actress and comedian *

Maya Kristalinskaya Maya Vladimirovna Kristalinskaya (; 24 February 1932, Moscow – 19 June 1985, Moscow) was a Soviet-Russian singer. In 1957 she performed at the 6th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow with an amateur ensemble under the direction of Y ...

(1932-1985), Soviet-Russian singer * Maya Kucherskaya (born 1970), Russian fiction writer, columnist, critic and pedagogue * Maya Kulenovic (born 1975), Canadian artist * Maya Lasker-Wallfisch (born 1958), British psychoanalytic psychotherapist, author and educator, specialising in transgenerational trauma * Maya Lauqué (born 1979), French journalist and television presenter * Maya Lavelle, international singer-songwriter composer, record producer and music video producer * Maya Lawrence (born 1980), American fencer and Olympian * Maya Learned (born 1996), American rugby union player * Maya Leibovich, Israeli rabbi * Maya Le Tissier (born 2002), British professional footballer *

Maya Lin Maya Ying Lin (Chinese: 林瓔; born October 5, 1959) is an American architect, designer and sculptor. Born in Athens, Ohio to Chinese immigrants, she attended Yale University to study architecture. In 1981, while still an undergraduate at Yal ...

(born 1959), American architect and sculptor, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial * Maya Lindholm (born 1990), German wheelchair basketball player and Paralympian * Maya Lucia (born 2003), Maltese footballer * Maya MacGuineas (born 1968), American president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budge * Maya Marcel-Keyes (born 1985), American social and political activist and daughter of Republican politician Alan Keyes * Maya Maron (born 1980), Israeli actress * Maya Matouk (born 1998), Trinidadian footballer * Maya McCutcheon (born 2001), American professional women's soccer player * Maya Merhige, American marathon swimmer * Maya Meschkuleit (born 2001), Canadian rower and Olympian * Maya Millete (born 1981), American woman who went missing in 2021 * Maya Mishalska (born 1974), Mexican actress *

Maya Moore Maya April Moore (born June 11, 1989) is an American social justice advocate and former professional basketball player. Naming her their inaugural Performer of the Year in 2017, ''Sports Illustrated'' called Moore the "greatest winner in the hist ...

(born 1989), American basketball player * Maya Morsy, Egyptian political scientist, specialist in public policy, and advocate for woman's and human rights * Maýa Musaskaýa (born 2000), Turkmen professional footballer

N–R

* Maya Naroliya, Indian politician * Maya Nasr (born 1997), Lebanese academic * Maya Nasri (born 1976), Lebanese singer * Maya Nassar (born 1986), Dutch-Lebanese competitive fitness model, TV host and entrepreneur * Maya Nasser (1979-2012), Syrian journalist * Maya Neelakantan (born 2013), Indian Tamil musician * Maya Newell, Australian filmmaker * Maya Okamoto (born 1967), Japanese voice actress * Maya Paczuski (born 1963), Israeli born American academic * Maya Panta, Nepalese politician * Maya Parnas (born 1974) Transnistrian politician and was the former acting Prime Minister of Transnistria * Maya Paunovska (born 1988), retired Bulgarian group rhythmic gymnast * Maya Pedersen-Bieri (born 1972), Swiss-Norwegian skeleton racer and Olympian * Maya Pellegrini (born 2002), American born Chilean footballer * Maya Penn (born 2000), American entrepreneur, philanthropist, animator, artist * Maya K. Peterson (1980-2021), American historian * Maya Petrova (born 1982), Russian former handball layer * Maya Pindyck (born 1978), American poet, scholar, and visual artist *

Maya Plisetskaya Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (; 20 November 1925 – 2 May 2015) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she held both Lithuanian and Spanish citizenship.

(1925–2015), Soviet born ballet dancer * Maya Postepski, Canadian musician and producer * Maya Rao (1928-2014), Indian classical dancer, choreographer and educator, in Kathak dance * Maya Krishna Rao (born 1935), solo Indian theatre artist, stand-up comedian and social activist * Maya Ray (1927-2013), Indian lawyer and politician * Maya Reaidy (born 1995), Lebanese model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Lebanon 2018 * Maya Rehberg (born 1994), German steeplechase athlete * Maya Ritter (born 1993), Canadian actress * Maya Lynne Robinson, American actress, writer and producer *

Maya Rockeymoore Cummings Maya Michelle Rockeymoore Cummings (born January 31, 1971) is an American consultant, politician, and former chair of the Maryland Democratic Party in the United States. Before her election as party chair, she briefly ran for Governor of Maryl ...

(born 1971), American consultant and politician * Maya Rogers (born 1978), American business executive * Maya Rosa (born 1986), Indonesian former tennis player * Maya Rossin-Slater, American health economist *

Maya Rudolph Maya Khabira Rudolph (born July 27, 1972) is an American actress and comedian. In 2000, she became a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL''). During her tenure on the show, she appeared in supporting roles in ...

(born 1972), American actress and ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member * Maya Rumantir (born 1964), Indonesian model, actor, singer and politician of Minahasa descent * Maya Rupert (born 1981), American political strategist, writer, and advocate

S–Z

Maya Saban Maya Saban (born 8 October 1978) is a German singer. She was born in Berlin, Germany to an Israeli father, Shlomo Saban, and a German mother. As a child, she took music and dance lessons. Saban sang backing vocals for singer Sabrina Setlur a ...

(born 1978), German singer * Maya Sakura (born 1998), Japanese enka singer and child actress * Maya Sansa (born 1975), Italian actress *

Maya Sar Maja Sarihodžić (; ; born 12 July 1981), known by her stage name Maya Sar, is a Bosnian singer-songwriter. She represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Korake ti znam". Her debut album '' Krive ri ...

(born 1981), Bosnian singer-songwriter * Maya Sazonova (born 1965), Kazakh race walker and Olympian * Maya Schenwar (born 1982), American journalist and editor * Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau (1958-2019), German socialite. * Maya Shankar, Indian cognitive scientist * Maya Shemichishina (born 1972), Ukrainian hurdler and Olympian * Maya Shenfeld, Israeli composer and musician * Maya Shoef (born 1988), Israeli actress * Maya Simantov (born 1982), Israeli singer and songwriter * Maya Singh (born 1950), Indian politician * Maya Sondhi (born 1983), British Indian actress * Maya Simantov (born 1982), Israeli singer * Maya Soetoro-Ng (born 1970), Indonesian-American half-sister of U.S. President Barack Obama * Maya Sonenberg, American short story writer * Maya Stange, Australian actress * Maya Stein, German mathematician * Maya Stojan (born 1984), Swiss actress * Maya Stovall, American conceptual artist and anthropologist * Maya Sumbadze (born 1972), Georgian artist * Maya Surduts (1937-2016), Latvian-born, French activist and women's rights supporter * Maya Tabakova (born 1978), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast and Olympian * Maya Tandon (born 1936), Indian anesthesiologist and road safety activist * Maya Tahan (born 1999), Israeli tennis player * Maya Tatsukawa, American author and illustrator of children's books * Maya Thakuri (born 1946), Nepali writer * Maya Tiwari (born 1952), humanitarian, world peace leader and author from Guyana * Maya Tolstoy, marine geophysicist investigating earthquakes in the deep sea * Maya Trotz, Guyanese environmental engineer and academic * Maya Tskitishvili (born 1974), Georgian economist and politician * Maya Turovskaya (1924-2019), Soviet and Russian theatrical and film critic, film historian, screenwriter, and culturologist * Maya Ulanovskaya (1932-2020), American-born Russian-Israeli dissident in the Soviet Union and professor, writer, and translator in Israel. * Maya Usova (born 1964), Russian former ice dancer and Olympian * Maya Vik (born 1980), Norwegian singer * Maka Maya Virsaladze (born 1971), Georgian music composer and academic * Maya Washington, American filmmaker, actress, playwright, poet, writer, visualist, and arts educator * Maya Wertheimer (born 1990), Israeli actress, model and television presenter. * Maya Weug (born 2004), Dutch-Belgian-Spanish racing driver * Maya Widmaier-Picasso (1935-2022), French born daughter of artist Pablo Picasso * Maya Wildevuur (1944-2023), Dutch painter * Maya Wiley (born 1964), American civil rights activist and lawyer, 2021 mayoral candidate for New York City * Maya Yamazaki (born 1974), Japanese politician * Maya Yamout, Lebanese social worker * Maya Yazbek (born 1967), Lebanese singer *

Maya Yoshida is a Japanese professional footballer who captains and plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre-back for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy. Yoshida formerly played for the Japan national football team, Japan national team ...

(born 1988), Japanese professional footballer *

Maya Yukihi is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently competing as a freelancer. She is a former two-time ICE×60 Championship, five-time International Ribbon Tag Team Champion and one-time Triangle Ribbon Champion, making her the promotion's four ...

, Japanese professional wrestler * Maya Zankoul (born 1986), Lebanese author, visual artist, blogger and television personality *

Queen Maya of Silla Queen most commonly refers to: * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a kingdom * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen (band), a British rock band Queen or QUEEN may also refer to: Monarchy * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Q ...

* Maya (singer) (born 1979), South Korean K-Pop singer

Men

* Maya (High Priest of Amun), a High Priest of Amun until at least year four of Akhenaten * Maya (Treasurer) (13th century BC), the treasurer to Pharaohs Tutankhamun, Ay, and Horemheb of Egypt * Maya (musician) (born 1979), vocalist of Japanese visual kei band LM. * Maya Dolas (1966–1991), Indian gangster * Maya Ranjan (1913-1968), Sinhala writer and schoolteacher from Sri Lanka * Maya Singh Saini, Indian freedom fighter * Maya Thevar (1934-2022), Indian politician *

(born 1988), Japanese professional footballer

Notable animals named Maya

* Maya (wolf), a cloned Arctic wolf

Fictional characters named Maya

* Maya (comics), an Indian DC Comics super-heroine * Maya ''(Ninjago)'', a character in ''Ninjago'' * Maya, the alter ego of the Marvel Comics superhero Paragon * Maya, the original name given to Aelita in the French animated TV series ''Code Lyoko'' * Maya (Azumanga Daioh), a minor character in the shōnen manga ''Azumanga Daioh'' * Maya (''Is the Order a Rabbit?''), a character in the manga series ''Is the Order a Rabbit?'' * Maya, one of the main characters in the '' Redakai: Conquer the Kairu'' franchise * Maya, one of the main characters in Hiroki Endo's manga series '' Eden: It's an Endless World!'' * Maya, fictional CIA intelligence analyst who tracked down

Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden (10 March 19572 May 2011) was a militant leader who was the founder and first general emir of al-Qaeda. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, Bin Laden participated in the Afghan ''mujahideen'' against the Soviet Union, and support ...

from the film ''

Zero Dark Thirty ''Zero Dark Thirty'' is a 2012 American political action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. Produced by Boal, Bigelow, and Megan Ellison, and independently financed by Ellison's Annapurna Pictures, the film ...

'' * Maya Aida, a.k.a. Mana Aida, protagonist of '' Glitter Force Doki Doki/DokiDoki! Pretty Cure'' * ''

Maya the Bee Maya the Bee () is the main character in ''The Adventures of Maya the Bee'', a German book written by Waldemar Bonsels and published in 1912. The book has been published in many other languages and adapted into different media. The first Ameri ...

'', the main character of the 1912 German children's book ''The Adventures of Maya the Bee'' and its various adaptions * Maya Blart, character and daughter of the titular character in '' Paul Blart: Mall Cop'' and its sequel '' Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2'' *

Maya Hansen Haechi Haechi (Mark Sim) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Christopher Yost and Marcus To, he first appeared in ''New Warriors'' (vol. 5) #2 (March 2014). Sim is among the late ...

, a character in the

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is a New York City–based comic book publishing, publisher, a property of the Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin G ...

universe * Fuuga no Maya, a character in ''

Saint Beast is a Japanese anime is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. ...

'' * Maya Kennedy, minor character in ''

Futari wa Pretty Cure , also sometimes stylized as ''PreCure'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation and the first installment in the '' Pretty Cure'' metaseries created by Izumi Todo. It aired on ANN, with 96 episodes across two ...

'' (originally named Mayu Kashiwada) * Maya Leibowitz-Jenkins, recurring character in ''The Proud Family'' revival '' Louder and Prouder'' * Maya Lopez, the Marvel Comics character known as

Echo In audio signal processing and acoustics, an echo is a reflection of sound that arrives at the listener with a delay after the direct sound. The delay is directly proportional to the distance of the reflecting surface from the source and the lis ...

* Maya Ibuki, a minor character in the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise * Maya Markowitz, a character in Raquel Palacio's '' Wonder'' * Maya Santos, a character from the children's animated series '' Maya & Miguel'' * Maya St. Germain, a secondary character in the ''

Pretty Little Liars ''Pretty Little Liars'' is an American Mystery fiction, mystery teen drama television series created by I. Marlene King, which aired on Freeform (TV channel), Freeform from June 8, 2010 to June 27, 2017, based on the novel series Pretty Little L ...

'' series of young-adult novels * Maya Tendo, one of the main characters from the '' Shojo Kageki Revue Starlight'' franchise * Maya Yamato, drummer of the band Pastel＊Palettes from the ''

BanG Dream! ''BanG Dream!'', also known as , is a Japanese music media franchise owned by Bushiroad. Created by Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani in January 2015 with original story by Kō Nakamura, the project began as a manga before ex ...

'' franchise * Maya Yamada, a character from the light novel series '' Infinite Stratos''

Live action TV

* Maya Mehrotra/Maya Arjun Sharma, the lead character from the Sony Entertainment Television India drama series, '' Beyhadh'' * Maya (''Power Rangers''), the Yellow Ranger in ''Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy'' *

Maya Maya may refer to: Ethnic groups * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (East Africa), a p ...

, an alien character on the television series ''Space: 1999'' * Maya the Magnificent, the title elephant of the 1966 film and 1967 TV series ''

'' * Maya, a minor character in ''

Battlestar Galactica ''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. It began with the original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel series, '' Galactica 1980'', a line of book adaptat ...

'' * Maya Avant, a character from ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' * Maya Bennett, a recurring character in the Disney Channel series ''

The Suite Life on Deck ''The Suite Life on Deck'' is an American teen sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan, and developed by Kallis and Pamela Eells O'Connell. The series aired on Disney Channel from September 26, 2008, to May 6, 2011. It is a sequel/ spi ...

'' * Maya Chinn, a character from the American daytime soap opera ''Passions'' * Maya Fisher, a character from the HBO TV show '' Six Feet Under'' * Maya Gallo, a character in the NBC sitcom '' Just Shoot Me'' * Maya Hart, a character in the Disney Channel show '' Girl Meets World'' * Maya Herrera, a character in the NBC drama series ''Heroes'' * Maya Matlin, a character in the teen drama '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' * Maya Monster, Muppet character in the 2017 '' Sesame Street Live'' * Maya dela Rosa-Lim, a character in ABS-CBN drama series '' Be Careful with My Heart'' * Maya Wilkes, a character from the American sitcom '' Girlfriends'' * Maya Young, a character in the television series '' Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight''

Video games

, a character from video game ''Killer Instinct 2'' * Maya, one of the six playable characters in the video game '' Borderlands 2'' * Maya, a minor antagonist in '' Minecraft Story Mode'' * Maya Amano, a character from '' Persona 2: Innocent Sin'' * Maya Do'Urden, a sister of Drizzt Do'Urden in ''Forgotten Realms'' *

Maya Fey Maya Fey, known as in the original Japanese language versions, is a fictional spirit medium in '' Ace Attorney'', a visual novel adventure video game series created by Japanese company Capcom. Maya is featured as the main support character to t ...

, a secondary character in the ''Ace Attorney'' franchise. * Maya Ocean, one of the four pre-made mermaids in '' The Sims 3: Island Paradise'' * Maya Torres, one of the playable characters in '' State of Decay''

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