Alaia-Mai

[PollyJane]

Rochelle from The Saturdays and Marvin from JLS new baby....wdyt?

[Awwlookatmybabyspider]

If its to be pronounced A-lay-a Mai. That's gorgeous. However A-lie-a Mai It begs the statement. WTF are they thinking.

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

Zombie thread !

[AlaiaAguero123]

It is pronounced A-Lie-A

[themilkmonster]

I read it as A-lay-a May too. Although if that's correct then I think I would have preferred the spelling Alaya May so that there's no confusion over pronunciation.

[lovemybabyboy]

I was pronouncing it A-lay-ah May, I wonder how the parents actually pronounce it, curious to know now!

[amessagetoyouYoni]

Hooting@ 'Mai amnesties'

[amandine07]

I dislike names where everyone's scratching their heads about the variations in pronunciation...the get labelled idiots for pronouncing it wrong!

Glad I'm not a teacher is all I can say!

[amandine07]

Oooh am not keen on hyphenated names!
Alaia would have been ok just on its own but with the Mai, instead of May, it's all a bit too much.
Too matching, rhymey sounding.

I preferred Aoife Belle...!

[OutragedFromLeeds]

I don't mind it! Wouldn't use it myself, but I've heard much worse and she can always drop the Mai bit if it dates badly.

I wonder if schools will have to have 'May/Mae/Mai' amnesties in the future and just call all the kids by the first part of their name?

[GibberTheMonkey]

in both Chinese and welsh Mai is pronounced pretty much as 'my'

[effyzm]

I thought it was pronounced A-lee-ya my. Poor kid has no chance will always be correcting people. Not a fan.

[Alisvolatpropiis]

It's Ah-lie-ah itsn't it? Like the designer?

Horrible name imo.

[ladymia]

Bad for so many reasons I don't even know where to start

[FatimaLovesBread]

Is it Mai as in may or as in the Chinese pronounced My?
The i makes me read it as 'my' but 'A liar my' sounds poo

[EleanorFarjeon]

It's atrocious.

[twinklestar2]

I want to like it but I don't. Alaia would have been fine, don't like the hyphen or the Mai part of it.

[GW297]

Hideous name

[Pantone363]

Awful

[DonDrapersAltrEgoBigglesDraper]

Not to my taste at all, not one aspect of it, but I wouldn't have expected it to be.

See, when our turn to be MILs rolls round and our grandchildren's names are announced, we are going to be all sniffy and pained, passive aggressive looks, aren't we?!

[EhricLovesTeamQhuay]

Fucking awful name. Hate, hate hate hyphenated named that end in mai/mae/may.

[Littlemissexpecting]

Alaia means joyful and mai translates as ocean or elegance in Chinese (according to the DM)

[ThenWeTakeBerlin]

Is Aaliyah the same name as Alia (pron. AH-leah)? I know an arabic girl with that name, really pretty.

[EasterHoliday]

ah, I didn't think of silly spelling of Aaliyah, I thought it was a tribute to Azzedine Alaia...

[FetaCheeny]

Alaia is so pretty if pronounced a-lie-ah. Would personally leave off the Mai, but a pretty name none-the-less. Reminds me of Maia which I also love.

[toomuch2young]

I think Aaliyah is a beautiful name and sounds much nicer than Alaia. (Said a-lee-uh)
Any name that sounds like a phrase isn't good IMO especially 'a liar'.