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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Hawaiian: Calm and peaceful
  2. Hebrew: Bitter; the star of the sea

First name variations: Maylia, Mary, Marya, Mariah, Marie, Ri, Mar, Maria

Last name origin & meaning:

Southern Italian and Greek (Malias): habitational name from a place called Malia or Mallia.