Maja
Maja is a girl name of Scandinavian origin, ranked #65 in popularity, meaning Splendid, great.
What Maja means
Splendid, great.
Maja is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Maja comes from
Scandinavian names carry Old Norse roots forward into modern Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, often in softened, shortened forms.
Maja is recorded as Scandinavian in origin. Browse other Scandinavian names.
How popular is Maja?
Maja is ranked #65, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Maja
Maja sits in our Scandinavian group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Scandinavian
Names like Maja
These share Maja's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Annika — Grace, favor.
- Linnea — The twinflower.
- Mathias — Gift of God.
- Anders — Manly, brave.
- Lars — Crowned with laurel.
- Aksel — Father of peace.
- Axel — Father of peace.
- Astrid — Divinely beautiful.
- Freya — Noble lady; Norse goddess of love.
- Ingrid — Beautiful, beloved (of the god Ing).
- Sigrid — Beautiful victory.
- Vera — Faith; truth.