Maja

See also: maja, majá, māja, mājā, mają, and Mają

Translingual

Alternative forms

Etymology

The name Maja is a girl's name of Arabic, German, Scandinavian origin meaning "splendid". ... Sometimes associated with Goya's famous painting "The Naked Maja." As a cognate of Maya, it's a Top 10 name in Slovenia and Sweden and is also popular in Germany and Norway.

Proper noun

Maja f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Majidae sea spiders or spider crabs.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References

Danish

Proper noun

Maja

  1. a female given name, diminutive of Maria

Finnish

Etymology

< maja

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑjɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝jɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Ma‧ja

Proper noun

Maja

  1. a Finnish surname

Declension

Inflection of Maja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Maja Majat
genitive Majan Majojen
partitive Majaa Majoja
illative Majaan Majoihin
singular plural
nominative Maja Majat
accusative nom. Maja Majat
gen. Majan
genitive Majan Majojen
Majainrare
partitive Majaa Majoja
inessive Majassa Majoissa
elative Majasta Majoista
illative Majaan Majoihin
adessive Majalla Majoilla
ablative Majalta Majoilta
allative Majalle Majoille
essive Majana Majoina
translative Majaksi Majoiksi
abessive Majatta Majoitta
instructive Majoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Maja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Majani Majani
accusative nom. Majani Majani
gen. Majani
genitive Majani Majojeni
Majainirare
partitive Majaani Majojani
inessive Majassani Majoissani
elative Majastani Majoistani
illative Majaani Majoihini
adessive Majallani Majoillani
ablative Majaltani Majoiltani
allative Majalleni Majoilleni
essive Majanani Majoinani
translative Majakseni Majoikseni
abessive Majattani Majoittani
instructive
comitative Majoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Majasi Majasi
accusative nom. Majasi Majasi
gen. Majasi
genitive Majasi Majojesi
Majaisirare
partitive Majaasi Majojasi
inessive Majassasi Majoissasi
elative Majastasi Majoistasi
illative Majaasi Majoihisi
adessive Majallasi Majoillasi
ablative Majaltasi Majoiltasi
allative Majallesi Majoillesi
essive Majanasi Majoinasi
translative Majaksesi Majoiksesi
abessive Majattasi Majoittasi
instructive
comitative Majoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Majamme Majamme
accusative nom. Majamme Majamme
gen. Majamme
genitive Majamme Majojemme
Majaimmerare
partitive Majaamme Majojamme
inessive Majassamme Majoissamme
elative Majastamme Majoistamme
illative Majaamme Majoihimme
adessive Majallamme Majoillamme
ablative Majaltamme Majoiltamme
allative Majallemme Majoillemme
essive Majanamme Majoinamme
translative Majaksemme Majoiksemme
abessive Majattamme Majoittamme
instructive
comitative Majoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Majanne Majanne
accusative nom. Majanne Majanne
gen. Majanne
genitive Majanne Majojenne
Majainnerare
partitive Majaanne Majojanne
inessive Majassanne Majoissanne
elative Majastanne Majoistanne
illative Majaanne Majoihinne
adessive Majallanne Majoillanne
ablative Majaltanne Majoiltanne
allative Majallenne Majoillenne
essive Majananne Majoinanne
translative Majaksenne Majoiksenne
abessive Majattanne Majoittanne
instructive
comitative Majoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Majansa Majansa
accusative nom. Majansa Majansa
gen. Majansa
genitive Majansa Majojensa
Majainsarare
partitive Majaansa Majojaan
Majojansa
inessive Majassaan
Majassansa
Majoissaan
Majoissansa
elative Majastaan
Majastansa
Majoistaan
Majoistansa
illative Majaansa Majoihinsa
adessive Majallaan
Majallansa
Majoillaan
Majoillansa
ablative Majaltaan
Majaltansa
Majoiltaan
Majoiltansa
allative Majalleen
Majallensa
Majoilleen
Majoillensa
essive Majanaan
Majanansa
Majoinaan
Majoinansa
translative Majakseen
Majaksensa
Majoikseen
Majoiksensa
abessive Majattaan
Majattansa
Majoittaan
Majoittansa
instructive
comitative Majoineen
Majoinensa

Statistics

  • Maja is the 2275th (tied with 3 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 359 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Maja

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Maria

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒjɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ja
  • Rhymes: -jɒ

Proper noun

Maja

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Maya

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Maja Maják
accusative Maját Majákat
dative Majának Majáknak
instrumental Majával Majákkal
causal-final Majáért Majákért
translative Majává Majákká
terminative Majáig Majákig
essive-formal Majaként Majákként
essive-modal
inessive Majában Majákban
superessive Maján Majákon
adessive Majánál Majáknál
illative Majába Majákba
sublative Majára Majákra
allative Majához Majákhoz
elative Majából Majákból
delative Majáról Majákról
ablative Majától Majáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Majáé Majáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Majáéi Majákéi
Possessive forms of Maja
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Majám Majáim
2nd person sing. Majád Majáid
3rd person sing. Majája Majái
1st person plural Majánk Majáink
2nd person plural Majátok Majáitok
3rd person plural Majájuk Majáik

Norwegian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maja/, [ˈmɑjːa]

Proper noun

Maja

  1. a female given name, diminutive of Maria

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαϊα (Maïa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ja/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Syllabification: Ma‧ja
  • Homophone: maja

Proper noun

Maja f (diminutive Majka)

  1. a female given name

Declension

Further reading

  • Maja in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /màːja/

Proper noun

Mája f

  1. a female given name

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Maja c (genitive Majas)

  1. a female given name, a medieval diminutive of Maria

Anagrams

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