Entry № 6273 · Latvian origin

Maija Maija — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MIE-ya /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latvian
Meaning
"May, Maria (Latvian)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Latvian)

A name that means "may, maria (latvian)".

Maija is the Latvian form of Mary — also linked to the Latin maia (May). One of the most common Latvian feminine names.

Maija Tabaka (born 1939) is the Latvian painter.

May, Maria. The Latvian.

The name in its native script.

Maija
Transliteration
Maija
Pronunciation
/ ˈmaɪ.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Maija stands.

Maija does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Maijas before her.

Real people
Maija Tabaka
Latvian painter.
born 1939
In fiction
Maija
Common in Latvian fiction.

Names connected to Maija.

The number behind Maija.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Maija reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.