Baby name
REVIVING
🇧🇷 Maiara
/mah · ee · AH · rah/
Meaning
“Great wisdom or large serpent (the wise one)”
Tupi-Guarani name meaning great wisdom or large serpent (the wise one); a distinctly Brazilian Indigenous name experiencing a revival.
Nicknames
mai
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Rising with Brazilian Indigenous name awareness; culturally significant and durable.
The cultural moment.
Revived in Brazil from the 1990s onward as part of Indigenous heritage reclamation.