Mya
[ˈmaɪə]Meaning
a variant of Maya 2
Background Story
Behind the Name records Mya as a variant of Maya 2, and lists it as used in Croatian, Danish, French, Georgian, German, Greek Mythology, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Roman Mythology and Serbian. Wiktionary gives it as a modern phonetic spelling of Maia or Maya, and traces the word to Latin mya, a mussel, from Ancient Greek μύα.
Temperament
Variations
Maya, Miah
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