The name Maya was independently derived from several different sources. In Hebrew, it comes from the word mayim (ַמיִם ), meaning "water". It is also a variation of the name Maia, from the Greek word maia (μαῖα), meaning "good mother". It is also the Sanskrit word for "illusion," and in Buddhist tradition, was the name of the mother of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. The name has continued to increase in popularity since the early 2000s.