Maya

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

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.

Love Elsa too :)

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

Dd2's name, so love it!

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.

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

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!

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
It is a nice name though, whichever way it's pronounced I prefer Elsa, though, it was on my list for DD, but she ended up being Rosa

Maia?

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.

My daughter's middle name too, love it . We pronounce it My-a.

I think it's a bit of a blah name, so interchangeable with all the Mias and Maias and nowhere near as nice as Elsa.

Love it. Wanted it for DD2, but DH vetoed. Much prefer it to Elsa.

If I saw Maya I would assume pronounced to rhyme with fire. Lovely name.

Elsa is nice, but Maya is lovely. Exotic and international too!

Elsa is much nicer than Maya imo. Don't really like Maya, Mia, Maia any of those.

Much prefer Elsa. Maya is a nice name, but I know lots of little Mayas, Mias etc (and I know very few children).

Dislike

I originally thought it was pronounced may-a.

Then I met several and got used to saying my-a.

Then the other day I met a may-a.

My local indian restaurant is called Myah - err.... so that'll be a 'No'

Maya - sorry. There are lots of Indian restaurants called that I believe so it would just remind me of my favourite curry.

I think it's a lovely name that 'travels well' iyswim - could fit into a lot of different countries and cultures. I am a bit biased though because I know a lovely Maya - she is very cool (and very beautiful - wonder if it's the same person resipsa?).

Think your DD might have confusion over spelling, what with Maia, Maer, Mya and all. Elsa is OK. Eliza is nice...? Any others you like?

Martha? (Trying to think of a cross between Maya and Elsa!)