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Maya is a female name in various languages with various meanings. In Sanskrit, for instance,
Māyā means "illusion or magic", and is also an alternate name of the Hindu goddess
Lakshmi
Lakshmi (; , sometimes spelled Laxmi, ), also known as Shri (, ), is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, power, beauty, fertility and prosperity, and associated with ''Maya'' ("Illusion"). Alo ...
.
[lakṣmī]
, Monier-Williams' ''Sanskrit–English Dictionary'', University of Washington Archives In the
Tupi language
Old Tupi, Ancient Tupi or Classical Tupi (also spelled as Tupí) is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the aboriginal Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. It belongs to the ...
, of southern Brazil, it means "mother", while ''Mayara'' means "grandmother". In the
Māori language
Māori (), or ('the Māori language'), also known as ('the language'), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. Closely related to Cook Islands Māori, Tuamotuan, and ...
, 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 C ...
girls in
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
. The name may be a variant form of the Greek
theonym
A theonym (from Greek ''theos'' (Θεός), "god"'','' attached to ''onoma'' (ὄνομα), "name") is the proper name of a deity.
Theonymy, the study of divine proper names, is a branch of onomastics (the study of the etymology, history, and u ...
Maia
Maia (; Ancient Greek: Μαῖα; also spelled Maie, ; la, Maia), 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 daugh ...
(Μαῖα in
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...
), the eldest of the
Pleiades
The Pleiades (), also known as The Seven Sisters, Messier 45 and other names by different cultures, is an asterism and an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the north-west of the constellation Taurus. At a distance of ...
and the mother of
Hermes
Hermes (; grc-gre, Ἑρμῆς) is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Hermes is considered the herald of the gods. He is also considered the protector of human heralds, travellers, thieves, merchants, and orato ...
in
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
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 ...
and
Roman mythology
Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans. One of a wide variety of genres of Roman folklore, ''Roman mythology'' may also refer to the modern study of these representat ...
.
Variously spelled ''Maia'' or ''Maja'' it can also be used as a short form of
Maria
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
*170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
*Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...
or
Mary
Mary may refer to:
People
* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
Religious contexts
* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...
in 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.
Popularity
All variants of the name are well-used in the
English-speaking world
Speakers of English are also known as Anglophones, and the countries where English is natively spoken by the majority of the population are termed the '' Anglosphere''. Over two billion people speak English , making English the largest languag ...
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.
Notable people named Maya
*
Maya (High Priest of Amun)
Maya or May was a High Priest of Amun of ancient Egypt, until at least year 4 of Akhenaten.
Biography
May is known from an expedition in year 4 to Wadi Wadi Hammamat. The purpose of the expedition was to quarry stone for the statue of the king.A ...
, a High Priest of Amun until at least year four of Akhenaten
*
Maya (Treasurer)
Maya was an important figure during the reign of Pharaohs Tutankhamun, Ay and Horemheb of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Maya's titles include: fan bearer on the King's right hand, overseer of the treasury, chief of the works in th ...
(13th century BC), the treasurer to Pharaohs Tutankhamun, Ay, and Horemheb of Egypt
*
Maya Ackerman
Margareta (Maya) Ackerman is a Russian-American computer scientist known for her research in cluster analysis and algorithmic composition of music. She is an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Santa Clara University, and th ...
, Russian-American computer scientist
*
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou ( ; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and ...
(1928–2014), African-American author and poet
*
Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (born 1975), better known as M.I.A., British singer/rapper
*
Maya Bar-Hillel
Maya Bar-Hillel ( he, מיה בר-הלל, 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 conn ...
(born 1943), Israeli psychologist
*
Maya Kalle-Bentzur
Maya may refer to:
Civilizations
* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples
* Maya (Ethiopia), a populat ...
(born 1958), Israeli Olympic runner and long jumper
*
Maya Berović
Maja "Maya" Berović (; born 8 July 1987) is a Bosnian- Serbian singer. Born in Ilijaš, she debuted in 2007 with the album '' Život uživo'', featuring her first hit "Džin i limunada".
It was followed by '' Crno zlato'' (2008) and ''Maya'' ( ...
(born 1987), Bosnian pop star
*
Maya Bouskilla
Maya Bouskilla (or Buskila; he, מאיה בוסקילה; born November 9, 1977) is an Israeli singer.
Early life
Buskila was born Netanya, Israel, to a religious family of Moroccan-Jewish descent. She was discovered by a scout for Helicon Recor ...
(born 1977), Israeli singer
*
Maya Days
The Tamperer featuring Maya was an Italian dance music group consisting of Italian record producers Mario Fargetta and Alex Farolfi, and American singer Maya Days. Later, Giuliano Saglia and GianLuca Mensi would join the project. It achieved Euro ...
, American singer
*
Maya Deren
Maya Deren (born Eleonora Derenkowska, uk, Елеоно́ра Деренко́вська, links=no; (1917–1961), American avant-garde filmmaker
*
Maya Diab
Maya Henri Diab ( ar, مايا هنري دياب ; born 10 November 1980) is a Lebanese pop singer, entertainer, actress and television personality. She is a former member of the Lebanese girl group The 4 Cats.
Early life
Maya Diab, was born i ...
(born 1980), Lebanese singer
*
Maya Dolas
Maya Dolas (born Mahindra Dolas; 15 October 1966 — 16 November 1991) was an Indian underworld gangster who used to work for the D-Company don, Dawood Ibrahim. He was killed in an encounter at the 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout by the then ...
(1966-1991), Indian gangster
*
Maya Erskine
Maya may refer to:
Civilizations
* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples
* Maya (Ethiopia), a populat ...
(born 1987), American actress
*
Maya Gabeira
Maya Reis Gabeira (born April 10, 1987) is a Brazilian big wave surfer. She is best known for having surfed a high wave in Nazaré, Portugal in February 2020, recorded by ''Guinness World Records'' as the biggest wave ever surfed by a woman. Sh ...
(born 1987), Brazilian surfer
*
Maya Hawke
Maya Ray Thurman Hawke (born July 8, 1998) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. The daughter of actors Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, she began her career in modeling. She made her screen debut as Jo March in the 2017 BBC adaptation of '' ...
(born 1998), American actress
*
Maya Higa
Maya Elaine Higa (born May 24, 1998) is an American conservationist, falconer, wildlife rehabilitator, host of The Streamer Awards, co-host of the ''Wine About It'' podcast, and Twitch streamer. She is the founder of Alveus Sanctuary, a non-profit ...
(born 1998), a conservationist and Twitch streamer who streams under the name
*
Maya Kazan
Maya Kazan (; born November 24, 1986) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Eleanor Gallinger on the television series'' The Knick'' (2014–2015).
Personal life
Kazan is the daughter of screenwriters Nicholas Kazan and Rob ...
(born 1986), American actress and director
*
Maya Kulenovic
Maya Kulenovic is a Canadian artist and painter.
She lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and exhibits internationally.
Biography
Kulenovic was born in 1975 in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia.
She studied at Ontari ...
(born 1975), Canadian artist
*
Maya Lin
Maya Ying Lin (born October 5, 1959) is an American designer and sculptor. In 1981, while an undergraduate at Yale University, she achieved national recognition when she won a national design competition for the planned Vietnam Veterans Memoria ...
(born 1959), American architect and sculptor, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
*
Maya Millete (born 1981), American woman who went missing in 2021
*
Maya Mishalska
Maya Mishalska (born Miroslawa Maja Miszalska Harasymowicz on December 8, 1971, in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish-born Mexican actress, violinist and TV presenter.
Biography
She began playing the violin at the age of six. Through ten years of stu ...
(born 1974), Mexican actress
*
Maya Moore
Maya April Moore (born June 11, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx, who is currently on sabbatical. Naming her their inaugural Performer of the Year in 2017, ''Sports Illustrated'' called Moore the greates ...
(born 1989), American basketball player
*
Maya Nasri
Maya Hossam Asmar ( ar, مايا حسام الأسمر; born 14 August 1976), better known by her stage name Maya Nasri ( ar, مايا نصري), is a Lebanese singer, recording artist, and actress.
Early life
Nasri studied acting and directing ...
(born 1976), Lebanese singer
*
Maya Okamoto
is a Japanese actress, voice actor, and singer from Tokyo, Japan.
Biography
Filmography
Television animation
*''Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam'' (1985), Emma Sheen
* ''Touch'' (1985), Natsuko
*''Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ'' (1986), Leina Ashta
*''The B ...
(born 1967), Japanese voice actress
*
Maya Plisetskaya
Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (russian: link=no, Майя Михайловна Плисецкая; 20 November 1925 – 2 May 2015) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she he ...
(1925–2015), Soviet born ballet dancer
*
Maya Ritter
Maya Ritter (born November 9, 1993, in Kelowna, British Columbia) is a Canadian actress.
Career
Ritter played the lead role of Molly McIntire in the 2006 television movie '' Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front''.
She also starred in the ...
(born 1993), Canadian actress
*
Maya Rudolph
Maya Rudolph (born July 27, 1972) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. In 2000, she became a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL''), and later played supporting roles in the films '' 50 First Dates'' ...
(born 1972), American actress and ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member
*
Maya Sondhi (born 1983), British Indian actress
*
Maya Simantov
Maya Simantov (born June 25, 1982) is an Israeli singer and songwriter who has worked in the house music scene for over a decade. She is mostly known for her collaborations with DJ and producer Offer Nissim, such as "Everybody Needs a Man", "L ...
(born 1982), Israeli singer
*
Maya Soetoro-Ng
Maya Kasandra Soetoro-Ng (; ; born August 15, 1970) is an Indonesian-American academic, who is a faculty specialist at the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, based in the College of Social Sciences at the University ...
(born 1970), Indonesian-American half-sister of U.S. President Barack Obama
*
Maya Stojan
Maya Stojan (born 28 June 1986) is a Swiss actress based in the United States. She is known for her recurring roles on ''Castle'' and ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D''.
Biography
Maya Stojan was born in 1986 and raised in Geneva, Switzerland, where ...
(born 1984), Swiss actress
*
Maya Tahan
Maya Tahan ( he, מאיה טחן; born 9 January 1999) is an inactive Israeli tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 578 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in September 2019. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is 456 w ...
(born 1999), Israeli tennis player
*
Maya Tskitishvili (born 1974), Georgian economist and politician
*
Maya Vik
Maya Vik is a "Norwegian Grammy" (Spellemannprisen) winning singer, songwriter, and bass player from Norway. Her career has spanned over 15 years with music that is often described by the press as reminiscent of the Minneapolis Sound. Most recen ...
(born 1980), Norwegian singer
*
Maya Wiley
Maya D. Wiley (born January 2, 1964) is an American lawyer, professor, and civil rights activist. She has served as president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights since May 2022. Wiley served as counsel to New York City ...
(born 1964), American civil rights activist and lawyer,
2021 mayoral candidate for New York City
*
Maya Yoshida
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and captains the Japan national team.
Club career Nagoya Grampus
Born in Nagasaki, Japan, Yoshida began playing football at Nanling FC in his secon ...
(born 1988), Japanese professional footballer
*
Maya (singer)
Kim Young-sook (Hangul: 김영숙; born 17 November 1979), better known as Maya (Hangul: 마야) is a South Korean pop rock singer and actress. She debuted in 2003 with the album, ''Born To Do It'', which included the hit single "Azalea."
Dis ...
(born 1979), South Korean K-Pop singer
*
Maya (musician)
Maya or Maayatan, real name Masahito Yamazaki (born July 30, 1979)lovely-mocochang.com is the lead singer in the Japanese visual kei electronic rock band, LM.C. He got his musical start in 1997 as a member of the underground band Sinners, befo ...
(born 1979), vocalist of Japanese visual kei band LM.C
Notable animals named Maya
*
Maya (wolf)
Maya (Standard Chinese, Chinese: ) is a cloned female arctic wolf that was born from a beagle Surrogacy, surrogate mother in China. She was born on June 10, 2022, and news of her birth was revealed to the public on September 19 of the same year at ...
, a cloned arctic wolf
Fictional characters named Maya
*
Maya (comics), an Indian DC Comics super-heroine
*
Maya
Maya may refer to:
Civilizations
* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples
* Maya (Ethiopia), a populat ...
, Kai and Nya's Mother in Lego
Ninjago
Lego Ninjago is a Lego theme that was created in 2011 and a flagship brand of The Lego Group. It is the first theme to be based on ninja since the discontinuation of the Lego Ninja theme in 2000. Whilst it retains some elements of the previous ...
.
* Maya, the alter ego of the Marvel Comics superhero
Paragon
Paragon may refer to:
Places
*Paragon, Indiana, a town in the United States
*Paragon, Nebraska, former community in the United States
*The Paragon, Bath, a Georgian street in the Walcot area of Bath
* The Paragon, Blackheath, London, built by Mic ...
* Maya, the original name given to
Aelita
''Aelita'' (russian: Аэли́та, ), also known as ''Aelita: Queen of Mars'', is a 1924 Soviet silent film, silent science fiction film directed by Yakov Protazanov and produced at the Gorky Film Studio, Mezhrabpom-Rus film studio. It was b ...
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 Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (10 March 1957 – 2 May 2011) was a Saudi-born extremist militant who founded al-Qaeda and served as its leader from 1988 until Killing of Osama bin Laden, his death in 2011. Ideologically a Pan-Islamism ...
from the film ''
Zero Dark Thirty
''Zero Dark Thirty'' is a 2012 American thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. The film dramatizes the nearly decade-long international manhunt for Osama bin Laden, leader of terrorist network Al-Qaeda, after the S ...
''
*
Maya Aida, protagonist of ''
Glitter Force Doki Doki'' (originally named Mana Aida)
* ''
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 Ame ...
'', the main character of the 1912 German children's book ''The Adventures of Maya the Bee'' and its various adaptions
* Fuuga no Maya, is a male who is half human and half angel in the animated series
Saint Beast
is a Japanese anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. How ...
* Maya Kennedy, minor character in ''
Futari wa Pretty Cure
, known as simply ''Pretty Cure'' outside Japan, is a Japanese magical girl anime series produced by Toei Animation and broadcast across Japan on ANN for 97 episodes. It is the first series in the ''Pretty Cure'' metaseries created by Izum ...
'' (originally named Mayu Kashiwada)
* 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 list ...
*
Maya Ibuki, a minor character in the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise
* Maya Santos, a character from the children's animated series ''
Maya & Miguel
''Maya & Miguel'' is an American animated children's television series produced by Scholastic Productions with animation by Starburst Animation Studios and by Yeson Entertainment. It aired on PBS Kids Go! from October 11, 2004 to October 10, 2007 ...
''
*
Maya St. Germain
''Pretty Little Liars'' is an American teen drama television series created by I. Marlene King for Freeform. It is based on Sara Shepard's novel series of the same name. Some of the characters appeared in the spin-off shows '' Ravenswood'' ...
, a secondary character in the ''
Pretty Little Liars
''Pretty Little Liars'' is an American mystery teen drama television series based on the novel series of the same name written by Sara Shepard. Developed by I. Marlene King, the series was broadcast on Freeform between June 8, 2010, and June ...
'' 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 exp ...
'' franchise
Live action TV
* Maya Mehrotra/Maya Arjun Sharma, the lead character from the
Sony Entertainment Television India
Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel, that was launched on 30 September 1995, and is owned by Culver Max Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese Sony.
SET India's You ...
drama series, ''
Beyhadh
''Beyhadh'' () is an Indian romantic thriller television series which aired from 11 October 2016 to 27 October 2017 on Sony Entertainment Television. It starred Jennifer Winget, Kushal Tandon and Aneri Vajani.
''Beyhadh 2'' premiered on 2 Dece ...
''
*
Maya (''Power Rangers''), the Yellow Ranger in ''Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy''
*
Maya
Maya may refer to:
Civilizations
* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples
* Maya (Ethiopia), a populat ...
, an alien character on the television series ''Space: 1999''
*
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 that aired on Disney Channel from September 26, 2008 to May 6, 2011. It is a sequel/Spin-off (media), spin-off of the Disney Channel Original Series ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody''. The ser ...
''
*
Maya Chinn
The following are minor fictional characters on the NBC/DirecTV soap opera ''Passions'' whose connections to the four major families are either weak or non-existent.
Norma Bates
''For the character from the Psycho franchise, see Norma Bates (Psyc ...
, 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
''Just Shoot Me!'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from March 4, 1997, to November 26, 2003, with a total of 145 half-hour episodes spanning seven seasons. The show was created by Steven Levitan, the show's executive p ...
''
*
Maya Herrera
This is a list of fictional characters in the television series ''Heroes'', the ''Heroes'' graphic novels, and the ''Heroes'' webisodes.
Main characters
Character duration
In its inaugural season, ''Heroes'' featured an ensemble cast o ...
, a character in the NBC drama series, ''Heroes''
* Maya Wilkes, a character from the American sitcom ''
Girlfriends''
* Maya the Magnificent, the title elephant of the 1966 film and 1967 TV series ''
Maya
Maya may refer to:
Civilizations
* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples
* Maya (Ethiopia), a populat ...
''
* Maya, a
minor character in ''Battlestar Galactica''
*
Maya Avant
Maya Avant is a fictional character from ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', an American soap opera on the CBS network, portrayed by Karla Mosley. Introduced as a series regular in 2013, ex-con Maya comes to town looking for her daughter who was put ...
, a character from ''The Bold and the Beautiful''
*
Maya Matlin
'' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore. The series is now considered the first incarnation and premiered on CTV on October 14, 2001, and then ended on MTV Canada and ...
, a character in the teen drama ''
Degrassi: The Next Generation''
*
Maya Hart, a character in the Disney Channel show ''
Girl Meets World
''Girl Meets World'' is an American comedy television series created by Michael Jacobs and April Kelly that premiered on Disney Channel on June 27, 2014. The series ran for three seasons, consisting of 72 episodes, and concluded on January 2 ...
''
* Maya dela Rosa-Lim, a character in the drama series
Be Careful with My Heart
''Be Careful with My Heart'' is a 2012 Philippine television drama series starring Jodi Sta. Maria and Richard Yap. The series aired on ABS-CBN's ''PrimeTanghali'' noontime block and worldwide via The Filipino Channel from July 9, 2012 to Nove ...
Games
*
Maya
Maya may refer to:
Civilizations
* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples
* Maya (Ethiopia), a populat ...
, a character from video game ''Killer Instinct 2''
*
Maya Amano, a character from the ''Persona'' video games
*
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 Mediumship, spirit medium in ''Ace Attorney'', a visual novel Adventure game, adventure video game series created by Japanese company Capcom. Maya is featured as the m ...
, a secondary character in the ''Ace Attorney'' franchise.
* Maya, one of the six playable characters in the video game ''
Borderlands 2
''Borderlands 2'' is a 2012 first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games. Taking place five years following the events of ''Borderlands'' (2009), the game is again set on the planet of Pandora. T ...
''
* 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
''State of Decay'' is a series of third-person survival horror video games. The series was created by Undead Labs and published by Xbox Game Studios. To date, there are two installments in the franchise, and an upcoming third game.
Common game ...
''
* Maya, one of the minor antagonists in ''
Minecraft Story Mode
''Minecraft: Story Mode'' is an Episodic video game, episodic point-and-click video game developed and published by Telltale Games, based on Mojang Studios' sandbox video game ''Minecraft''. The first five episodes were released between Octo ...
''
See also
*
Maia (name)
*
Maja (given name) Maja is a Slavic and German feminine given name.
It can be a short form of Marija, Maria, Mary or Magdalena in Europe (Germany, Scandinavian countries, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia).
It can be a spelling variation of Maya.
Notable ...
*
Mia (given name)
*
Mya (given name)
Mya is a primarily feminine given name of uncertain origins. One source considers it to be a 20th-century phonetic spelling of the name Maya or Mia, names that have multiple, different meanings and origins in different languages. The American poet ...
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