Entry № 6225 · Sanskrit origin

Mahamaya Mahamaya — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAH-hah-MAH-yah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Great illusion / Buddhas mother"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "great illusion / buddhas mother".

Mahamaya is from the Sanskrit Mahāmāyā.

Great illusion / Buddhas mother — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

महामाया
Transliteration
Mahāmāyā
Pronunciation
/ mɑːˈhɑː.mɑː.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mahamaya stands.

Mahamaya does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Mahamayas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Mahamaya mother of Buddha / Lalitavistara Sutra / Devi Mahamaya Durga
Sanskrit Great-Illusion + mother of Buddha-Siddhartha wife of Suddhodana Kapilavastu white-elephant dream + Lalitavistara Sutra + Buddhacarita Ashvaghosha + died 7-days after Buddha birth + Buddha visited in Trāyastriṃśa heaven + Devi-Durgā-Kali cosmic-illusion + Devi Mahatmya
Buddhist + Hindu Devi

Names connected to Mahamaya.

The number behind Mahamaya.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mahamaya reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.