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Post by laines on Oct 1, 2017 10:08:36 GMT -6
Lurker here... was part of the other place for some time so it's probably time to stop lurking and jump back in. I am pregnant with baby #2. This board has a good head on its shoulders and I'm hoping for opinions.
Name is Maya/Maia/Maja
We prefer the pronunciation M-eye-uh (over May-uh) with our last name, which has a hard sound prefix and is Dutch. We will live in the USA for the foreseeable future.
WWBNBD?
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Post by charlotte on Oct 1, 2017 11:42:44 GMT -6
I have never heard anyone in my region of the US pronounce it May-uh. I would expect everyone to pronounce it M-eye-uh.
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Post by otters on Oct 1, 2017 13:46:37 GMT -6
I'd drop Maja first because I remember a European woman saying people often trying to say Mah-jah. Js, in general, can change depending on the language, so it's easier to just avoid when there are easier spellings.
I've always heard both Maya and Maia pronounced as M-eye-ah, so I think it will come down to personal preference. Maya is the most common spelling if that is a concern (from 2016 births):
Maya (4055), Mya (1902), Maia (542), Myah (442), Mayah (130), Maiya (109), Maja (55), Myiah (47), Maiah (43), Myia (20), Maiyah (19), Maaya (7), Myha (7)
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Post by danascullyx on Oct 1, 2017 14:05:22 GMT -6
I never heard any spelling pronounced May-a. I live in CA.
I prefer the Maya spelling and everyone here would pronounce it M eye ah.
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Post by laines on Oct 1, 2017 14:18:36 GMT -6
I haven't ever heard it pronounced May-uh until I read that the Maia spelling is pronounced that way. Glad to hear Meye-uh is the consensus! I'm not too concerned with popularity.
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Post by girlmom on Oct 2, 2017 6:23:42 GMT -6
I would have no trouble pronouncing Maya or Maia. I
think I've seen Maija too, but not Maja, so that one would make me pause.
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Post by joy on Oct 2, 2017 10:13:32 GMT -6
Never have I ever heard May-uh.
Maya is lovely.
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Post by Queen Mamadala on Oct 2, 2017 16:01:33 GMT -6
I like Maya and Maia.
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Post by hangry on Oct 2, 2017 18:20:30 GMT -6
I would pronouce Maya or Maia as rhyming with eye.
My son just had a Maja start at his daycare and I honestly stood there and read a few times deciding how I thought it was meant to be pronounced. I had settled in Maj-a until I heard the parents say it My-a.
All that to say I much prefer the obviousness of Maya.
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