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Maia is a feminine given name. It may be in reference to the mythic mother of Hermes. [1] It is also a popular Māori name meaning "brave or confident." [2] Notable people with the name include: maia arson crimew, Swiss developer and computer hacker; Maia Bellon, American lawyer and environmentalist; Maia Brewton (born 1977), American actress
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. [1] In the Tupi language, of southern Brazil, it means "mother", while Mayara means "grandmother". [2]
The word matronymic is first attested in English in 1794 and originates in the Greek μήτηρ mētēr "mother" (GEN μητρός mētros whence the combining form μητρo- mētro-), [1] ὄνυμα onyma, a variant form of ὄνομα onoma "name", [2] and the suffix -ικός-ikos, which was originally used to form adjectives with the sense "pertaining to" (thus "pertaining to the mother ...
19th-century English Italian-based writer Thomas Adolphus Trollope described the term "Madonna", as in extenso "appropriated exclusively to the Holy Virgin". [56] The in extenso association to Mary was affected after the advent of Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone, 1958), an American singer whose given name and middle name were taken from her mother, Madonna Louise (née Fortin). [57]
Mae is an English feminine given name.It is a variant of May, and derives from the month of May, which is named after the Roman goddess Maia.Although the word mãe in Portuguese means mother, it is not a variant of the name since it’s not a given name in portuguese-speaking territories.
Mary is among the top 100 names for baby girls born in Ireland, [3] common among Christians and popular among Protestants specifically, owing to Queen Mary II.Mary was the 179th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007.
Aya is a male or female name with multiple meanings in many different languages. In Old German, Aya means "sword". ... meaning "mother". [1] In the Urdu language the ...
The origin of the name is debated; it may have been derived from "alma mater" [3] ("benevolent mother", a title used for the Virgin Mary, and in antiquity, for several goddesses). It gained popularity after the Battle of Alma in the 19th century and appeared as a fashionable name for girls and a popular place name, [ 4 ] but it has decreased in ...