Meaning and background
The story behind Maiya
Maiya has a contemporary musical namesake in singer, songwriter and arranger Maiya Sykes. The Oakland Symphony’s artist biography records her appearance on the seventh season of The Voice and her work with Scary Pockets and Postmodern Jukebox. It also identifies her as a Yale graduate. These performance and education details make the reference identifiable. The biography documents Maiya as a bearer’s spelling without explaining the personal name’s language of origin.
- Association
- Singer, songwriter and arranger Maiya Sykes. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Maiya appears in 8 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
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