Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

Maya

36 replies

Ruththetooth · 14/08/2013 16:25

6 days to go and thought we'd decided on Elsa then came across Maya. Opinions please?

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
Kezztrel · 14/08/2013 16:53

I've always thought it was pronounced My-a - never heard May-a pronunciation. It's pretty, but a bit wet and nothingy to me. Much prefer Elsa.

ginmakesitallok · 14/08/2013 16:49

Maia?

WhispersOfWickedness · 14/08/2013 16:41

How funny, this name was on the cbeebies birthday cards slot today. When she lifted the card up, I assumed it was pronounced May-a but then the presenter pronounced it My-a, so I would say that you might get problems with pronunciation Confused
It is a nice name though, whichever way it's pronounced Smile I prefer Elsa, though, it was on my list for DD, but she ended up being Rosa Smile

idiot55 · 14/08/2013 16:39

I deal with a lot of kids in my job and never seem to get the pronunciation right!

Spell as you want it to be pronounced!

resipsa · 14/08/2013 16:39

Worked with a Maya once. She was a stunner. Like the name. Unusual but simple.

98percentchocolate · 14/08/2013 16:38

I love it but I went to school with somebody named Maya and had a bit of trouble with the pronunciation. Lots of explaining that it was pronounced Mya not Maya (like mayonnaise). If you are going for the Mya version maybe think about spelling it that way? Sorry to be negative. As I said, I've always loved the name and think it is beautiful.

Flicktheswitch · 14/08/2013 16:35

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

ginmakesitallok · 14/08/2013 16:34

Dd2's name, so love it!

Nicknamegrief · 14/08/2013 16:33

Love it, daughters middle name so biased. My sister in law liked it too, called her daughter it (3 months later).

AlfalfaMum · 14/08/2013 16:30

Love Elsa too :)

AlfalfaMum · 14/08/2013 16:29

Love.
Was on the list for all my girls, but none of them looked like a Maya. I then tried to bully persuade my sis into naming her baby Maya, but she didn't look like one either.