Maja

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Swedish pet form of Maria [1] [2] [3]

2) Swedish pet form of Margit [1]

3) Swedish pet form of Marit [1]

4) Swedish maj = 'May' [1] [2]

5) Latin / Greek maia = 'little mother' [4]

6) Latin mái- = 'great' [5]

Related Names

     
Maia ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Maija ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Máijá ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Máijjá ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Maiju ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Maijuska ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Maja ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Maje ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Maya ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish

See also Maj, Majsa

Combinations

For combinations see MAJ (name element)

Name Day

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

2 July

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[6] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m1.png 14785 19944 3 3
Denmark Denmark[7] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 11706 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[8] Statimg f4.pngStatimg m0.png 2561 3600 0 0
Finland Finland[9] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m1.png n.a. 468 n.a 1
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[6][7][8][9]:Name statistics for Maja(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[8]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Maja(f)


Sources: [6] [7] [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  3. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
  4. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  5. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  6. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  7. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  8. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  9. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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