The name Maia is usually given to a Girl.
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The origin of the name lies in Greek.
Maia is pronounced as MAY-ah
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Pronunciation
/mái̯.a/(Classical Greek) /ˈmeɪ.ə/(English) /ˈmaɪ.ə/(English) /ˈmaj.ja/(Latin) /mɑ.i.ɑ/(Georgian)
Origin
Greek Mythology, Roman Mythology, Portuguese, Georgian
Meaning
From Greek μαῖα (maia) meaning "good mother, dame, foster mother", perhaps
In origin a nursery form of μήτηρ (meter).
In Greek and
Roman mythology she was the eldest of the Pleiades, a group of stars
In the constellation
Taurus, who were the daughters of
Atlas and
Pleione. Her son by
Zeus was
Hermes.