Maja (Cyrillic: Маја) is a Slavic and German feminine given name.

It can be a short form of Marija, Maria, Mary or Magdalena in Europe (Germany, Scandinavian countries, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia).

It can be a spelling variation of Maya.

Notable persons with the name

• Maja Aleksić, Serbian volleyball player
• Maja Alm, Danish athlete
• Maja Apostoloska, Macedonian writer
• Maja Berezowska, Polish painter
• Maja Blagdan, Croatian singer
• Maja Bogdanović, Serbian-French cellist
• Maja Cvjetković, Croatian model
• Maja Einstein, sister of Albert Einstein
• Maja Gojković, Serbian politician
• Maja Grønbæk, Danish handball player
• Maja Hill, Macedonian artist
• Maja Hoffmann (born 1956), Swiss art collector and businesswoman
• Maja Hug, Swiss figure skater
• Maja Ivarsson, Swedish singer
• Maja Kersnik, Slovenian badminton player
• Maja Keuc, Slovenian singer
• Maja Komorowska, Polish actress
• Maja Latinović, Serbian model
• Maja Lidia Kossakowska, Polish writer
• Maja Marijana, Serbian singer
• Maja Matevžič, Slovenian tennis player
• Maja Nekić, Croatian actress
• Maja Ognjenović, Serbian volleyball player
• Maja Ostaszewska, Polish actress
• Maja Poljak, Croatian volleyball player
• Maja Ratkje, Norwegian musician
• Maja Refsum, Norwegian sculptor
• Maja Salvador, Filipino actress
• Maja Savić, Montenegrin handball player
• Maja Savić (volleyball), Serbian volleyball player
• Maja Simanić, Serbian volleyball player
• Maja Sokač, Croatian handball player
• Maja Tatić, Serbian singer
• Maja Trochimczyk, Polish-American writer
• Maja Vojnović, Slovenian handball player
• Maja Włoszczowska, Polish mountain biker
• Rika Maja, Sámi noaidi (d. 1757)

Fictional characters

• Maja, a character first appeared in the episode "Sky Witch" of the animated series Adventure Time