Ella and Maya

[MrsRV]

Do these go? As sisters names? Is Maya a name I've just made up because I want May but DH says no?

I like them together

Maya is a real name.
I like them together

We have Ella and Maja (swedish spelling, we live in Sweden) Two beautiful girls, their names fit them perfectly

They do but just be warned that they're really popular so there could be quite a few around.

I prefer Maya and rather it spelt the Celtic way Mair

Both are very nice names but very common. They will have lots of Ellas and Mayas in their class.

We already have the Ella half :-) not heard of Maya at all!!!

How are you intending to pronounce Maya? It would normally be My-a?

May-a. As in month of May... I thought Mya would simply be Mya - oh man. Confusing!!!

Maya is pronounced mye-a not may-a

Both names are very nice. By the names meaning both are good. But Ella than better Maya. Maya is a old fashionable name and has used as a female as well. Ella is a cute girl name and sound together well.

Maya is pronounced Mya.

Yes they're proper names. I know several of each!

I read it as May-a.

It sounds lovely with Ella IMO.

I read it as May-a. To be honest I think twin names which have similar ending is a bit twee. How about Masie?

I've only ever heard it pronounced Mye-uh, as in the Mayan civilisation.

Maya is mye-a. Like the Mayans. The ones who made the calendars.

I teach a lot of Mayas (secondary, there's a rash of them in current yr7 and 8), a few years ago they were all pronounced My-a, but now there are quite a lot of May-as as well. I have to say I think May-a sounds wrong, but it is certainly not unusual and will be accepted as a proper name.

Maya is vety beautiful