Maija - Meaning of Maija

What does Maija mean?

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Maija

[ 2 syll. mai-ja, ma-ija ] The baby girl name Maija is pronounced as MAYYaa- †. Maija is largely used in Finnish and its origin is Hebrew. Maija is a variant transcription of the name Mary (English).

See also the related category finnish.

Maija is an uncommon baby girl name. It is not listed within the top 1000. In 2018, out of the family of girl names directly related to Maija, Mary was the most frequently used.

Baby names that sound like Maija include Maaya (Japanese), Maha (Arabic and Indian), Mahaut (French), Mahi (Indian), Maho (Japanese), Maiah, Maillie, Maimee, Maimi, Maimie, Maimoon, Maimoun, Maimun, Maina (Indian), Maiya (Russian), Maja (Polish, Scandinavian, Slavic, and German), Mama (African), Mami (Japanese), Mamie (English), and Mana (English, Hawaiian, and Japanese).

† English pronunciation for Maija: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"