When it comes to unique names, baby names meaning dream give off an enchanting vibe. Filled with a sense of creativity and fantasy, you have a lot of options when it comes to names with dreamy connotations. If you're on the hunt for the perfect name, browse this dream name list for inspiration.
There are a surprising number of unconventional unisex names that mean dream you may want to add to your list. Roya means 'dream' or 'premonition' and can be an attractive choice for either a boy or girl. If you're a fan of the nickname Ash, Ashling is an Irish name meaning 'dream' that's appropriate for either gender.
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There are also some cute gender-specific names that mean dream. The popular female names Maya and Penelope have meanings that signify dreaming. Maya means 'illusion' while Penelope means 'weaving,' which some people interpret as 'dream-weaving.' For a male name that means dream, the French Reve translates literally to dream and is an attractive international choice.
Do you have a favorite baby name for the little dream in your life? Give the best options a thumbs up, and please add any good names we may have missed.
1Ashlyn
2Maya
3AloraFemale, Latin: Bay Tree; My Dream; A derivative of the English name Alaura
4PenelopeFemale, Greek: Weaver, some interpret as 'dream weaver'
5Roya
6AislinFemale, Irish: Variant of Aisling or Ashling: Dream or vision
7Fantasia
8Reverie
9Ayuma
10Reve
11Sadira
12Sovanna
13MorpheusMale, Greek: The shapes seen in the dreams. God of dreams in Greek mythology
14Ashling
15DeisyFemale, English: One who achieves dreams; passionate
16Arman
17Almos
18Sanja
19Kanasu
20Helem
21GuramanFemale, Indian: Peace though the guru, illusions and delusions and a non defensive dreamer
22Ahlaam
23Yeraz
24H端lya
25Swapan
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By Michael Brent
Your mind can often play tricks on you, especially when confronted with optical illusions. An example of such an illusion is the well-known young lady and old hag illusion, in which an image of a young woman also appears to be of an old woman, depending on where your eyes focus. Perceptual illusions, however, work in a different way to confound your perception of reality.
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Perceptual Illusions
A perceptual illusion differs from a strictly optical illusion, which is essentially an image that contains conflicting data that causes you to perceive the image in a way that differs from reality. Optical illusions typically work by using certain visual tricks that exploit certain assumptions within human perception -- in essence, the image itself is the illusion. A perceptual illusion, however, is not an optical phenomenon, but rather a cognitive one. The illusion occurs in the way your brain processes the visual data you transmit to your brain.
Sensory Illusions
Perceptual illusions can be sensory. According to researcher R.L. Gregory in his 1968 paper titled “Perceptual Illusion and Brain Models,” a perceptual illusion occurs when any of the sense organs “transmit misleading information to the brain.” An example of a sensory form of perceptual illusion is the phenomenon of “phantom limbs,” in which a person who has had a limb amputated claims to retain feeling, including pain, in the limb that is no longer there.
Auditory Illusions
Perceptual illusions can also be auditory. Psychologist Diana Deutsch discovered several auditory illusions relating to music. One of the most striking is the “phantom words” illusion. This can be heard in an audio recording that features repeated words and phrases that overlap each other, placed in different auditory spaces within different regions of the stereo space. As you listen, you can pick out specific phrases, none of which are actually there. In fact, your brain is attempting to make sense of what is essentially meaningless noise, and fills in what’s necessary to make sense of the sounds.
Troxler Fading
In the 19th century, Swiss physician Ignas Troxler discovered a visual perceptual illusion that remains an example of how a perceptual illusion works. The basic effect involves a small point within a different colored border, and both on a different colored background. If you stare at the center point for a minute or two, then the colored object surrounding it appears to fade into the background. This effect, called “Troxler fading,” seems to indicate that the brain, when confronted with the same boring stimuli for an extended period of time, will maximize efficiency by ignoring it and use those brain cycles for something else.
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The transparent dial in this 'mystery watch' may create the illusion in the viewer that the hands work without any movement.
An illusion is a distortion of the senses, which can reveal how the human brain normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation. Though illusions distort our perception of reality, they are generally shared by most people.[1]
Illusions may occur with any of the human senses, but visual illusions (optical illusions) are the best-known and understood. The emphasis on visual illusions occurs because vision often dominates the other senses. For example, individuals watching a ventriloquist will perceive the voice is coming from the dummy since they are able to see the dummy mouth the words.[2]
Some illusions are based on general assumptions the brain makes during perception. These assumptions are made using organizational principles (e.g., Gestalt theory), an individual's capacity for depth perception and motion perception, and perceptual constancy. Other illusions occur because of biological sensory structures within the human body or conditions outside the body within one's physical environment.
The term illusion refers to a specific form of sensory distortion. Unlike a hallucination, which is a distortion in the absence of a stimulus, an illusion describes a misinterpretation of a true sensation. For example, hearing voices regardless of the environment would be a hallucination, whereas hearing voices in the sound of running water (or another auditory source) would be an illusion.
Optical[edit]
An optical illusion. Square A is exactly the same shade of grey as Square B. (See Checker shadow illusion.)
An optical illusion is characterized by visually perceived images that are deceptive or misleading. Therefore, the information gathered by the eye is processed by the brain to give, on the face of it, a percept that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source. A conventional assumption is that there are physiological illusions that occur naturally and cognitive illusions that can be demonstrated by specific visual tricks that say something more basic about how human perceptual systems work.The human brain constructs a world inside our head based on what it samples from the surrounding environment. However, sometimes it tries to organize this information it thinks best while other times it fills in the gaps.[3][4] This way in which our brain works is the basis of an illusion.
Auditory[edit]
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An auditory illusion is an illusion of hearing, the auditory equivalent of an optical illusion: the listener hears either sound which are not present in the stimulus, or 'impossible' sounds. In short, audio illusions highlight areas where the human ear and brain, as organic, makeshift tools, differ from perfect audio receptors (for better or for worse). One example of an auditory illusion is a Shepard tone.
Tactile[edit]
Examples of tactile illusions include phantom limb, the thermal grill illusion, the cutaneous rabbit illusion and a curious illusion that occurs when the crossed index and middle fingers are run along the bridge of the nose with one finger on each side, resulting in the perception of two separate noses. The brain areas activated during illusory tactile perception are similar to those activated during actual tactile stimulation.[5] Tactile illusions can also be elicited through haptic technology.[6] These 'illusory' tactile objects can be used to create 'virtual objects'.[7]
Temporal[edit]
A temporal illusion is a distortion in the perception of time, which occurs when the time interval between two or more events is very narrow (typically less than a second). In such cases, a person may momentarily perceive time as slowing down, stopping, speeding up, or running backward.
Other senses[edit]
Illusions can occur with the other senses including those involved in food perception. Both sound[8] and touch[9] have been shown to modulate the perceived staleness and crispness of food products. It was also discovered that even if some portion of the taste receptor on the tongue became damaged that illusory taste could be produced by tactile stimulation.[10] Evidence of olfactory (smell) illusions occurred when positive or negative verbal labels were given prior to olfactory stimulation.[11] The McGurk effect shows that what we hear is influenced by what we see as we hear the person speaking. An illusion occurs when the auditory component of one sound is paired with the visual component of another sound, leading to the perception of a third sound. This is a multisensory, auditory-visual illusion.[12]
Disorders[edit]
Some illusions occur as a result of an illness or a disorder. While these types of illusions are not shared with everyone, they are typical of each condition. For example, migraine sufferers often report fortification illusions.
Neuroscience[edit]
Perception is linked to specific brain activity and so can be elicited by brain stimulation. The (illusory) percepts that can be evoked range from simple phosphenes (detections of lights in the visual field) to high-level percepts. In a single-case study on a patient undergoing presurgical evaluation for epilepsy treatment, electrical stimulation at the left temporo-parietal junction evoked the percept of a nearby (illusory) person who 'closely 'shadowed' changes in the patient's body position and posture'.[13][14]
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References[edit]
- ^Solso, R. L. (2001). Cognitive psychology (6th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon. ISBN0-205-30937-2
- ^McGurk, Hj.; MacDonald, J. (1976). 'Hearing lips and seeing voices'. Nature. 264 (5588): 746–748. doi:10.1038/264746a0. PMID1012311.
- ^Yoon Mo Jung and Jackie (Jianhong) Shen (2008), J. Visual Comm. Image Representation, 19(1):42-55, First-order modeling and stability analysis of illusory contours.
- ^Yoon Mo Jung and Jackie (Jianhong) Shen (2014), arXiv:1406.1265, Illusory shapes via phase transition.
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- ^Robles-De-La-Torre & Hayward 2001
- ^The Cutting Edge of Haptics (MIT Technology Review article)
- ^Zampini M & Spence C (2004) 'The role of auditory cues in modulating the perceived crispness and staleness of potato chips'. Journal of Sensory Studies 19, 347-363.
- ^Barnett-Cowan M (2010) 'An illusion you can sink your teeth into Haptic cues modulate the perceived freshness and crispness of pretzels'. Perception 39, 1684-1686.
- ^Todrank, J & Bartoshuk, L.M., 1991
- ^Herz R. S. & Von Clef J., 2001
- ^Nath, A. R.; Beauchamp, M. S. (Jan 2012). 'A neural basis for inter-individual differences in the McGurk effect, a multisensory, auditory-visual illusion'. NeuroImage. 59 (1): 781–787. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.07.024. PMC3196040. PMID21787869.
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- ^Hopkin, Michael (20 September 2006), 'Brain Electrodes Conjure up Ghostly Visions', Nature, doi:10.1038/news060918-4
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- What is an Illusion? by J.R. Block.
- Optical illusions and visual phenomena by Michael Bach
- Haptic Perception of Shape - touch illusions, forces and the geometry of objects, by Gabriel Robles-De-La-Torre.
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Maya is an alternate name of Hindu goddess Durga.
Hermes and his mother Maia on an Attic red-figure amphora, c. 500 BC (Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich)
Maya is a feminine name with multiple meanings:
- In Hindu philosophy, Māyā means 'illusion', and in Hindu mythology it is also an alternate name of the Hindu goddess Durga. According to tradition, Queen Māyā of Sakya was the name of the mother of Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha. (Mount Maya is a Japanese mountain named for the mother of Buddha.)
- Maya can be as well a name of Japanese origin, with different meanings. Variants include Mayako and Mayaka. The similar-sounding Japanese name Mayu means 'truth, reason', while some sources say Amaya (pronounced A-MAH-YAH) is a Japanese name meaning 'night rain'.[1][2]
- The name Maya can also be used as a tribute to the Maya peoples of southern Mexico and northern Central America or to the Maya, a group of Indigenous Australians.
- In the Nepali language, Maya means 'love'.
- In Old Persian the name means 'generous'.
- Another origin for the name Maya is the Tupi language spoken by Brazilian native Indians, where it means 'mother', while Mayara means 'grandmother'.[3]
- The name is also used as a variant form of the GreektheonymMaia (Μαῖα in Ancient Greek), the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes in Greek and Roman mythology.
- Maia is also a name in the Māori language, meaning 'courage' or 'bravery',[4] popular for Māori girls in New Zealand.[5]
- Variously spelled Maia or Maja, it can also be used as a short form of Maria or Mary in Germany, the Scandinavian countries, and various East European and Balkan countries.
- Maya is also used as a short form for the name Amalia or the Basque name Amaia or Amaya (meaning 'the end') in Spanish-speaking countries.
- In Arabic the name Maya means princess.
- 2Fictional characters named Maya
Notable persons with this name[edit]
- Maya (High Priest of Amun), a High Priest of Amun until at least year four of Akhenaten
- Maya (Treasurer) (13th century BC), the treasurer to Pharaohs Tutankhamun, Ay, and Horemheb of Egypt
- Maya Ali (b. 1989), Pakistani actress and model
- Maya Angelou (1928–2014), African-American author and poet
- Mathangi 'Maya' Arulpragasam (b. 1975), better known as M.I.A., British singer/rapper
- Maya Kalle-Bentzur (born 1958), Israeli Olympic runner and long jumper
- Maya Berović (b. 1987), Bosnian pop star
- Maya Bond (b. 2000), Japanese American singer
- Maya Bouskilla (b. 1977), Israeli singer
- Maya Days, American singer
- Maya Deren (1917-1961), American avant-garde filmmaker
- Maya Diab (born 1980), Lebanese singer
- Maya Dolas (1966-1991), Indian gangster
- Maya Gabeira (b. 1987), Brazilian surfer
- Maya Hawke (born 1998), American actress
- Maya Kazan (b. 1986), American actress and director
- Maya Kulenovic (b. 1975), Canadian artist
- Maya Lin (b. 1959), American architect and sculptor, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Maya Mishalska (b. 1974), Mexican actress
- Maya Moore (b. 1989), American basketball player
- Maya Nasri (b. 1976), Lebanese singer
- Maya Plisetskaya (1925–2015), Soviet born ballet dancer
- Maya Ritter (b. 1993), Canadian actress
- Maya Rudolph (b. 1972), American actress and Saturday Night Live cast member
- Maya Simantov (b. 1982), Israeli singer
- Maya Soetoro-Ng (b. 1970), half-sister of U.S. President Barack Obama
- Maya Stojan (b. 1984), Swiss actress
- Maya Tskitishvili (born 1974), Georgian economist and politician
- Maya Vik (b. 1980), Norwegian singer
- Maya Wiley (b. 1964), American civil rights activist
- Maya Yoshida (b. 1988), Japanese professional footballer
- Maya (singer) (born 1979), K-Pop singer
- Maya (musician) (born 1979), vocalist of Japanese visual kei band LM.C
- Maja Włoszczowska (born 1983), Polish mountain biker, two-time Olympic silver medalist
Fictional characters named Maya[edit]
- Maya the Bee, the main character of the 1912 German children's book The Adventures of Maya the Bee and its various adaptions
- Maya (comics), an Indian DC Comics super-heroine
- Maya, the alter ego of the Marvel Comics superhero Paragon
- Maya, the original name given to Aelita in the French animated TV series Code Lyoko
- Maya (Azumanga Daioh), a minor character in the shōnen manga Azumanga Daioh
- Maya (Is the Order a Rabbit?), a character in the manga series Is the Order a Rabbit?
- Maya, one of the main characters in the Redakai: Conquer the Kairu franchise
- Maya Ibuki, a minor character in the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise
- Maya Santos, a character from the children's animated series Maya & Miguel
- Maya St. Germain, a secondary character in the Pretty Little Liars series of young-adult novels
- Maya, one of the main characters in Hiroki Endo's manga series Eden: It's an Endless World!
- Maya, fictional CIA intelligence analyst who tracked down Osama Bin Laden from the film Zero Dark Thirty
- Maya Yamoto, drummer of the band Pastel*Palettes from the BanG Dream! franchise
Live action TV[edit]
- Maya Mehrotra/Maya Arjun Sharma, the lead character from the Sony Entertainment Television India drama series, Beyhadh
- Maya (Power Rangers), the Yellow Ranger in Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy
- Maya, an alien character on the television series Space: 1999
- Maya Chinn, a character from the American daytime soap opera Passions
- Maya Fisher, a character from the HBO TV show Six Feet Under
- Maya Gallo, a character in the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me
- Maya Herrera, a character in the NBC drama series, Heroes
- Maya Ahmadi, a character from the NBC drama series, Blindspot
- Maya Wilkes, a character from the American sitcom Girlfriends
- Maya the Magnificent, the title elephant of the 1966 film and 1967 TV series Maya, scripted by Jalal Din
- Maya, a minor character in Battlestar Galactica
- Maya Avant, a character from The Bold and the Beautiful
- Maya Matlin, a character in the teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Maya Hart, a character in the Disney channel show Girl Meets World
- Maya DiMeo, a take-charge British mother on the ABC family sitcom Speechless
- Maya Vie, a minor character on The CW's The 100
Games[edit]
- Maya (Killer Instinct), a character from video game Killer Instinct 2
- Maya Amano, a player character from videogame Persona 2
- Maya Do'Urden, a sister of Drizzt Do'Urden in Forgotten Realms
- Maya Fey, a secondary character in the Ace Attorney franchise.
- Maya, one of the six playable characters in the video game Borderlands 2
- Maya Ocean, one of the four pre-made mermaids in The Sims 3: Island Paradise
- Maya Torres, one of the playable characters in State Of Decay
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^Entry 'Maya' at Behind the Name.
- ^Rosenkrantz, Linda and Satran, Pamela Redmond (2007). The Baby Name Bible. St. Martin's Press. ISBN978-0-312-35220-2.
- ^Entry 'Maya' at Dicionario de nomes proprios.
- ^Entry in the Maori dictionary online.
- ^Most popular Maori baby names for 2012
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