How would you pronounce.....?

[Orangeisthenewbanana]

Maya?

May-a or My-a (or another way I haven't thought of!)

May-a like my puppy.

I'd pronounce it My-a. I've seen a Maiya before.

My-a.

DD has a name that can be pronounced one of three acceptable ways. Think Bonham-Carter, Christiansen...

It's actually not that big a deal. Yes, there can be some correcting when first introducing, but in regular day-to-day life amongst everyone who knows her, it's pronounced 'correctly'.

You just have to not be precious about it, and accept that people will possibly mispronounce it at first.

May-a

Dowager, I can only think of 2 ways of pronouncing your DDs name. Is the third with an ee sound?

Seeing it written down I'd say May-a but I panic when I come across May-a, Mee-a, My-a's as they're so alike I never remember which it is. I just avoid calling them anything at all, they usually get sweetheart, love, pet etc. lol

Yes, Seth - we grew up with an elderly friend who pronounced it that way - accent on the second syllable, and an 'ee' sound.

Maya rhymes with fire. That's the correct way to pronounce it AFAIK and also the most usual way, going by this thread.

Well I would have pronounced it Maya until I was made aware of , now I'd pronounce it Mya.

My-a definitely

My-a. I think Maia looks much more like may-a so I'd go with the spelling in the OP. It's a nice name.

My-a. Agree that Maia looks more like May-a

My-a

Just spell it Mya?

As my friend did. No confusion.

How is it possibly May-a? Like Mayor? Really?

I thought this was an 'old' thread as we've just discussed this! May-a and My-a both correct and used in England. Elsewhere My-a probably more common. I use My-a, personally, but May-a still fine in Eng.

My-a

It's not a leap to understand that may with an a at the end will be pronounced as may-a by some people, especially when they've heard the name may-a spoken.

I say mayor as mare anyway, lol

Maya

My-a

I say mayor as mare anyway, lol

It is more like 'mare' especially if you're British

My-a. I teach at a girls school and it's a popular name with about 50-50 May-a/My-a. I personally think May-a is just a mispronunciation, but it's definitely accepted as a name now. I think spell it Maya if you want to, some people might need correcting once but that's all. Calling your dd Mya is just giving in to the people who pronounce the name wrong IMHO!

I'd say My-a.

My-a

My-a