Maya

Meanings

Noun

• A member or descendant of various peoples:

Proper Noun

• The Yucatec Maya language.
• Any of the other various Mayan languages, such as Quiché, Mam and Tzotzil.
• A female given name from Hebrew of modern usage.
• In Sanskrit, illusion; God's physical and metaphysical creation (literally, "not this").
• A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

Origin

• From Spanish maya, from Yucatec Maya mayab 'flat', a self-designation of the northern Maya for themselves, in the form maya’ found in compounds and phrases e.g. maya’ wíinik 'Maya man'.
• From Maria, ultimately from Hebrew, and from Maia, from Latin.
• Borrowed from Sanskrit माया.
• Borrowed from Sanskrit माया or Pali Māyā.