Maya or Myah?

[JessieDoops]

So here's a bit of a back story, myself and DP cannot agree on a name (we don't know the sex) however I have ALWAYS liked the name Maya, DP wasn't keen on it but is now coming around to the idea BUT he thinks it should be spelt Mya or Myah.

I really like it spelt Maya but should I just shut up and be thankful he's agreed on the name and let him choose the spelling?

To me those are two different names.
Myah I'd pronounce my-ah and Maya I'd pronounce May-a. I know a Myah and I believe it's a Welsh name but I could be wrong.

Both lovely names though

Depends on how you want to pronounciation you're wanting to use
If it's May-a then spell it Maya.
If its Mya spell it Myah.

I'd pronounce Myah like a comic book villain... mmmmyaaaaaah!

Maya makes much more sense IMO and is a lovely name.

I'd pronounce them both the same.

Maya is the nicer spelling IMO.

Myah is NOT a Welsh name. Welsh is phonetic and Myah would be hard to say. It would be pronounced MUH-Aargh.

The Welsh for Mary, Mair is sometimes mispronounced as My-ah, but Mair is one syllable, a bit like My with an r on the end. (Think Myra without the a).

Myah is awful sorry.

Maya can be pronounced like mya and looks so much better than either of your other options.

I would pronounce Maya may-a so if you want it pronounced my-a I would spell it Mya I think.

I have a Maia, we preferred that spelling to Maya because we didn't want it pronounced May-a.

Most people would think Mya or Myah was an attempt to spell Mia a bit differently.

Mia is a Northern European diminutive of Maria.

If you want the name pronounced like my = belonging to me + a, spell it Maia and tell everyone that's how it's pronounced, not may = the month + a.

What's more, Maia is a proper ancient Greek name, mother of Hermes.

Thank you all for your lovely and informative comments.

I think I'll work on him about the spelling

MikeUniformMike Your response surprised me My friend who moved to Wales (literally just over the English border) and embraced everything Welsh made a fuss of how she chose the Welsh variant of Mia for her daughters name as she felt that as her daughter was Welsh she should have a Welsh name I don't think I'll have the heart to tell her what you said or what I discovered when I just googled the name...Welsh wasn't mentioned at all!

Maya is may(the month)- a to me. Given the spelling why wouldn't it be
Mya or myah are ok.
Definitely not Welsh tho

Maia is nice too

Mike uniform
Agree with you that myah could be an extremely unfortunate pronunciation of Mair, but has been done!

Mair is such a lovely name and I hate it pronounced My-uh. Ugh.
Mari (pron. Marry) or Marian (pron. Mar-yan) are also variants of Mary. Meira is another, and although very pretty is difficult to pronounce (nearly May-rah but not Myra).

We have a Maia (pronounced May - er) people pronounce in My - er all the time. We just prefer the way Maia looks and just remind people how her name is pronounced. She is now 10 and doesn't find it annoying (yet) when people mispronounce her name but I'm sure she will as she gets older.

Maya or Maia. Both are pronounced my-ah.

Maya is may(the month)- a to me. Given the spelling why wouldn't it be

How do you pronounce Mayan, as in the people/culture?

I like Maya, beautiful name - pronounced My-ah, sort of rhymes with fire...

I would spell it Maia I think it looks nicer and is less likely to be mispronounced

Lovely name though

This is the exact reason I took Maia off my list despite it being my favourite name. I love how it sounds but I think spelling it Mya is the only way to ensure correct pronunciation, and I don't like how that looks.

I would spell it Maya, pronounce it My-a, and use it as a way to judge any heathen that pronounce it May-a.

Maya or Maia

Maya as in Maya Angelou, and pronounced my-a!

This is how every child I know called Maya is spelled and pronounced.

Your DH's suggestions look made up.