Maia

Meaning

Proper Noun

• Daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes.
• The goddess of growth after whom the month May (Latin maius) was named.
• A female given name from Latin of recent usage.
• A star in the constellation Taurus. It is the fourth brightest star in the Pleiades cluster.
• 66 Maja, a main belt asteroid.
• A language spoken in the Madang province of Papua New Guinea.

Origin

• From Ancient Greek Μαῖα.