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The first name 
Maitreya

Maitreya is a first name for all genders, most often used for boys.

Maitreya is a very rare first name!

At least in the US, the name Maitreya is extremely rare. Recently, only a handful of babies has been named Maitreya each year. That means it’s extremely unlikely that a boy or girl called Maitreya will meet someone with the same name. So, Maitreya is a very special name!

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Maitreya

Maitreya has 8 letters 
and begins with an M

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter M is a particularly popular initial letter for first names – 7.4% of all common given names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for given names are A and J.

With eight letters, the name Maitreya is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that with 6.3% of all first names that begin with an M, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Maitreya

If your name is Maitreya and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Maitreya

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Maitreya, you can simply say:

Mouse

Apple

Igloo

Tiger

Rocket

Elephant

Yoyo

Apple

This is how the name Maitreya is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Maitreya in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Maitreya

Maitreya

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Maitreya

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Maitreya is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

M
A
I
T
R
E
Y
A

Have you ever waved the name Maitreya

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

M
A
I
T
R
E
Y
A

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Maitreya sounds like this: