Maia

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Maia
Given Name
Gender Female
Meaning "great" or "mother"[1]
Origin Greek
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Maia (pronounced /ˈmaɪə/) is a female given name of Greek origin. Together with other similar words, it may refer to:

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[edit] People

  • Maía, Colombian singer
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  • Maia Chiburdanidze (born 1961), Georgian chess grandmaster
  • Maia Morgenstern (born 1962), Romanian film and stage actress
  • Maia Baratashvili, Georgian jazz singer
  • Maia Campbell (born 1976), American film and television actress
  • Maia Brewton (born 1977), American actress
  • Maia Whitaker (born 1971), American vocal artist, musician and podcaster (aka Máia and "KnitWitch")
  • For the full list of people with the first name Maia, see All pages beginning with Maia.
WP Anthroponymy notice This page or section lists people with the surname Maia. If an internal link for a specific person referred you to this page, you may wish to add the given name(s) to that link.

[edit] Mythology

  • Maia (mythology), the eldest of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, also identified with an Ancient Italic goddess of spring

[edit] Literature and fiction

  • Maia (novel), a fantasy novel by Richard Adams
  • Os Maias or "The Maias", a realist novel by Eça de Queirós, named after the protagonist family
  • Maia (Middle-earth), one from the race of divine beings in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings
  • Maia Skouris (née Rutledge), a character on the USA Network science fiction TV show The 4400
  • Maia Jeffries, a character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
  • Maia Sterling, a character from the Robotech anime series
  • Maia Acheron, a character in Jak and Daxter
  • Maia, the name given to Thumbelina by her husband in Hans Christian Andersen's original story of Thumbelina
  • Maia, a fictional novel supposedly written by the main character in Death in Venice
  • Maya Herrera, a character in the second season of the American series Heroes

[edit] Other

  • Maia (star), the third brightest star in the Pleiades open star cluster
  • FC Maia, a Portuguese football club
  • Short S.21 Maia, a piggyback long-range flying boat combination

[edit] See also