Maitreya - Meaning of Maitreya

What does Maitreya mean?

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Maitreya

[ 3 syll. mai-tre-ya, ma-itr-eya ] The baby boy name Maitreya is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is M-ayTREH-Yaa- †. Maitreya is used predominantly in the Indian language and its origin is Sanskrit. The name is of the meaning benevolent.

See also the related categories, benevolent and sanskrit.

Maitreya is a rarely used baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Maitreya include Madura, Mahendra, Mahindra, Mandhatrey, Mandhatri, Mandhatry, Manendra, Maninder, Manindra, Montaro, Montero, Motahhar, Mundhier, Mutahar, Mutahhar, Mandhatree, Mandhatrie, Meturato, Montario, and Monterio.

† English pronunciation for Maitreya: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"