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Maya (female)

Derivative of:May (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP

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Notes:

1. English, either an extension of May [q.v.] or a derivative of the Roman goddess Maia which has not itself survived as a given name.

2. Malay, meaning "rose".
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