Maya — Etymology, Baby Names, and Perspective

Anand Swamy
2 min readJun 2, 2021
Photo by Meg Jerrard on Unsplash

My wife and I were relaxing on a Saturday afternoon and I told her if we ever think about having children, and we have a daughter, let’s name her Maya.

The name sent me on a rabbit hole of digital exploration.

According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha’s mother’s name was Maya.

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Anand Swamy

I write about personal development and self awareness.