Names like Maya
Maya is a two-syllable Sanskrit name that ends on a vowel. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same sound
Two syllables, ending the same way as Maya.
Arya Sanskrit · "noble"
Aanya Sanskrit · inexhaustible (Sanskrit); a fast-rising pick among 2010s-2020s Indian American births
Diya Sanskrit · oil lamp, light
Riya Sanskrit · singer; graceful
The same roots
Also Sanskrit names, from the tradition Maya comes from.
Naya Sanskrit · guidance, leadership, from Sanskrit naya
Priya Sanskrit · beloved
Kavya Sanskrit · poetry
Kamya Sanskrit · traditionally 'desired, wished-for' in Sanskrit
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2010s, the same decade as Maya, on a similar curve.
Miya Japanese · traditionally "shrine, palace"
Meena Sanskrit · fish (Pisces in Hindu astrology)
Divya Sanskrit · divine
Amiya Sanskrit · traditionally 'nectar'; also a modern coinage in Western use
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