Throughout the world, Mauya (Mauya 
, Мауя 
) is quite a rare epicene forename. The first name Mauya is characteristic of Tanzania, where it is a rare boy's name, Kazakhstan, where it is a rare primarily girly, but very seldom boy's name, and India, where it is a very rare dominantly girly, but uncommonly masculine name. More frequently, Mauya is the last name as well as the forename.