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How would you spell it

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jadey1991 · 04/09/2023 08:50

Hi all currently 26 weeks pregnant with my 4th.

we have been thinking of the name jahmaya.

Dd- jahnay
Dd- jahniya
Ds- josiah.

We are known as the j family as both my self and hubby both begin with J 😊😊

What do you think and how would you spell it?

Thanks In advance

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PerspiringElizabeth · 04/09/2023 10:04

Janiyah and Jamaya are pronounced the same bar the M and N I’m guessing? If so that’s way too close I think. Be hard to tell who anyone is talking about/calling.

Joelle? Would suggest Janelle but again think that’s too close to your eldest.

CoteDOpale · 04/09/2023 10:03

It’s nice enough as is but really similar to her sisters names which are already very close.

What about Jamelia? Janelle?

I can see why you’d want it to fit in with the others so she’s not the odd one out, but there’s a balance to be had to make it a bit more unique for her.

RoadLess · 04/09/2023 10:00

Way too similar to your other daughters’ names.

Our neighbours rued the day they called two of their children Jude and Luke because all that was audible when shouted from a distance was the ‘oooh’ sound, which meant each child could assume it was the other and both usually ignored it.

MerryChristmasToYou · 04/09/2023 09:57

Dd- jahnay. Is it said as Jannay?
Dd- jahniya Jan-eye-ah?
Ds- josiah. Jos-eye-ah

Jamaya - like Jamaica without the c?

CurlewKate · 04/09/2023 09:12

Are they names from your culture? If so, what is the traditional spelling?

Whataretheodds · 04/09/2023 09:10

YourNameGoesHere · 04/09/2023 09:08

I wouldn't use a name that's so close to her sisters poor things have basically got the same name with a few letters changed.

There's thousands of names beginning with 'j' that will give her, her own identity without making her seem like part of a set.

This is also what I think

Shoelaces7 · 04/09/2023 09:09

Jamaya or Jamia or Jamaia depending on how you want it pronounced

Ja-may-a = Jamaya

Ja-mee-a= Jamia

Jam-ai (as in high) -a - Jamaia

YourNameGoesHere · 04/09/2023 09:08

I wouldn't use a name that's so close to her sisters poor things have basically got the same name with a few letters changed.

There's thousands of names beginning with 'j' that will give her, her own identity without making her seem like part of a set.

Snugglemonkey · 04/09/2023 09:07

I would rethink and give them a name that is not so close to the other children.