Help is this name nice or do I have to go back to the naming board????

[Meirasa]

Alexyia Mai??

Thanks for any input I'm really struggling. Middle name has to be Mai :-)

Yes my Granmother (She was Irish if that makes any difference) pronounced her name Mai as May. It's a family tradition to have Mai as a second name as all first female children and grandchildren have it- she was an amazing woman ;-) and my godmother as well.

I think I agree about Alexia, my husband is pushing for the in his words 'funkier' spelling of Alexiya... ;-)

OP I think the different spelling is just a matter of translation /transliteration.
So far as I know, the Russian (Cyrillic) script version of Alexia AND of Alexiya (or Aleksiya) is the same.

However, the 'usual' version in English is with an x and without the 'y'. See, for <a class="break-all" href="//example,www.behindthename.com/name/alexis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">example,www.behindthename.com/name/alexis

The usual pronouciation for Mai in English is My and for May is May. There is also Mae=May.

Of course, no-one has to be 'usual', but, as other posters have said, an unusual spelling does sometimes involve a bit of explanation and/or confusion.
But absolutely, your baby, your choice. Good luck.

I missed your post about your grandmother. That makes things different, if you want to use her name as she said it, as a (very nice) way to remember her.

It was on our shortlist (Alexia), but I found out it was the name of a brain disorder.

It's alright. Though as others have said, not keen on the y.

And as Witty has said, Alexia is the name of a medical condition.

But then so is Amelia and that hasn't put anybody off it.

We decided on Alexia Mae. Thank you all for your help :-)

Great choice! I would love to use Alexia or Alexa but have a DN called Alexander :(

Alexyia reminded me of Dyslexia... Which I feel would be strong enough to be a torment for such an unusually spelt name...