Anya or Maya - cast your votes please ladies :)

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So I think we are down to two names for our DD due in May. Would love to know which you prefer - Anya (nn Annie) or Maya?

Maya definitely, Anya sounds really hard.

Def Anya. Everytime I see Maya I see Myra and think of Myra hindley which I know is wierd but I can't help it! It is pronounced May-a as Mia is mee-a and Myah/Maia/mya are pronounced my-ah.

Though I prefer Anna/Annie to Anya.

Love Anya! Unfortunately, DH doesn't!

Anya

An-ya or Arn-ya though?

Anya

I know a couple of Maya's but no Anya's plus it's very pretty so I'd say Anya

Anya. I am trying to convince dh that we should use this for dc3 due in march. Really like it.

If she or you ever move to the U.S. people will pronounce it My-uh, not May-uh. Of course a simple "we call her may-uh" would clear it up, but you would have to say that probably a half-dozen times per day. I've only ever heard it pronounced May-uh in the UK and Australia, even though like most names it's obviously a regional/personal thing.

I'd pick Anya, out of deference to Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Anya is gorgeous. It's currently top of my list for imaginary dd2.
Not keen on Maya. sorry.

Maya is pronounced My-a as in Maya Angelou. Not many here in the UK but lots of Mia's and May-a's.

Anya.
Maya is nice but there are soooo many.

Maya. My dd was very nearly a Maya but doesn't sound right with her last name!

Maya

Maya

Anya.

Love Anya, it's unusual unlike Maya. Would have another baby just to use this name

Anya

Anya, much stronger name than Maya, which I find a bit drippy. Also more unusual.

I love Maya!

And it's My-a. Not May-a. Anyone who says May-a is wrong!

Like people who spell Deborah as Debra.

Prefer Maya of the two, but much prefer Anna/Annie.

Maya is lovely pronounced properly rhyming with 'fire'. As Maya Angelou does.

Anya is nice too, though.