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How many Mayas do you know and where (roughly) do you live.

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nigglewiggle · 20/07/2010 20:28

I keep hearing on here that it is a really common name and there are dozens of them etc. It seems really unusual where we live (W. Yorks) and I'm wondering if there is a regional bias or whether it is just the kid of name that people notice IYSWIM.

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MaryBS · 20/07/2010 21:26

None - I'm in Cambridgeshire

Jagsy · 20/07/2010 21:26

i know one, my little dd! we spell her name Maya and pronounce My-ah, live is south east

Meglet · 20/07/2010 21:27

1 toddler Maya, in the south east.

HecateQueenOfWitches · 20/07/2010 21:27

none at all.

derbyshire dales

nigglewiggle · 20/07/2010 21:28

naturopath roughly how many is loads? Because I hear this a lot and I don't reckon I know more than about 4 children with the same name and I'm including Jack, Chloe, Olivia etc...

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LynetteScavo · 20/07/2010 21:28

One adult, one teenager, and one child.

I live on Wisteria Lane in middle America.

foreverastudent · 20/07/2010 21:29

one, primary school age, Scotland

RatherBeOnThePiste · 20/07/2010 21:30

Know one aged 4 we are SW London.

websticks · 20/07/2010 21:38

one ages 15, and 2 little ones and a friends bump. northwest (manchester)

Undutchable · 20/07/2010 21:43

My SIL (30-ish) SW area.

MrsJohnDeere · 20/07/2010 21:54

1 2yo. Herts.

MrsJohnDeere · 20/07/2010 21:55

And 1 Mia, also 2yo.

thenightwalker · 20/07/2010 21:56

liverpool and iv never heard of one here!Beautiful name though

sweetkitty · 20/07/2010 21:56

5 under 5

live in Scotland

naturopath · 20/07/2010 22:06

Definitely 3 children and 1 adult that I can think of, but I'm pretty sure a few more have cropped up (friends of friends etc,) that I can't think of right now

Ineedsomesleep · 20/07/2010 22:06

None and we live in Cheshire.

SE13Mummy · 20/07/2010 22:53

SE London primary school - Mia = 2 or 3 (out of 350) Maya = 2

minxofmancunia · 20/07/2010 23:05

I'm in Manchester and I know just one, mine! Spelt Maia though, best girls name there is!

midnightexpress · 20/07/2010 23:08

I live in Scotland and I don't know any here, but I know one in Manchester, one in London and one in Brighton, all under 10.

Greensleeves · 20/07/2010 23:09

I live in Exeter and I know 3 Mias, 1 Myah, 1 Maya and one Mya

Concordia · 20/07/2010 23:10

i dont know any - yorkshire

tunise · 20/07/2010 23:11

Just know 1 Maya, mine! In west suffolk. I wouldn't class it as an overused name in general.

CreepyFunbags · 20/07/2010 23:12

Two Mayas and one Maja - all pronounced my-a. Herts.
Plus one Mya, pronounced me-a. Northwest.

zenoushka · 21/07/2010 09:55

I've come across a lot in London.

Colliecross · 21/07/2010 10:04

I know 3 pre-schoolers and 2 8-9 year olds - Devon.

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