Entry № 6650 · Arabic origin

Maysa Maysa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAY-sah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Graceful walk (iconic Brazilian samba legend)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "graceful walk (iconic brazilian samba legend)".

Maysa is from the Arabic maysā (ميساء — graceful, swaying gait, walking proudly). Princess Maysa — modern Arabic heritage naming.

Graceful walk (Arabic).

The name in its native script.

ميساء
Transliteration
Maysā
Pronunciation
/ ˈmaɪ.sə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Maysa stands.

Maysa 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.

Maysas before her.

Real people
Maysa Matarazzo
Iconic Brazilian samba/bossa nova legend.
1936 – 1977
Maysa Daw
Palestinian-Israeli 47Soul singer.
born 1992
In fiction
Maysa
Arabic graceful walk.

Names connected to Maysa.

The number behind Maysa.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Maysa reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.