The name Maya

[peaches94]

Pronounced mye-ah. What do people think? I like Maya Violet.

Or the other name I really like is Brodie. Maya or Bridie?

Bridie not Brodie!

Maya Violet is gorgeous and much prefer it to Brodie /Birdie

Maya is lovely!

I would go for Maya. I don’t mind Bridie but people will think you’re referring to brides.

Maya is beautiful.

Not keen on Violet (reminds me of Keeping up appearances) or Bridie (that combination of letters looks ugly to me).

Maya is great (and a nod to Maya Angelou who was amazing). I like Bridie too, you don’t hear it so much these days, but it’s pretty.

Maya as in the Central American civilisation? That's the first thing I think about, even though it looks pretty.

Bridie is a very dated Irish name, a diminutive of Bridget. I don't think I've come across a Bridie under 70. It might be time to bring it back.

Maya as in the Sanskrit for illusion?

I would read 'Maya' as 'May-yah'.

Still - even with that confusion, I MUCH prefer it to Bridie. (or Brodie).

Lovely name. I would read it as you said Op.

Bridie sounds like a nickname for Bridget. Maya is nice, I've also seen it spelled Maia. Anyone else remember Maya the Bee?

Maya is lovely. My OH liked it for our dd but I don’t like how popular it is (I won’t go for anything in top 100).

Beautiful name.

Maya is nice but not with Violet--too many "eye" sounds.

I think it is nice with a longer middle name like Josephine or Elizabeth.

I agree with a pp that Maya Violet is too heavy on the i sounds.

Not a fan of Bridie, what about Briony?

Maya is nice enough, but certainly everywhere and I've come across several of each pronunciation - May- ah and Mye-ah. Mia is also very popular, and there are variations around such as Miah which can have 2 different pronunciations. I would want to avoid that group of names myself because of all the spellings and pronunciations, but that said Maya Violet is nice.

I think Bridie is beautiful, under-used, a distinctive and bright name. My easy favourite of your 2.

@DramaAlpaca I have taught two Bridie's over the last five years and a family member had one.

Maya and Maia are both lovely.

A bridie is a pasty in Scotland, a bit like a Cornish pasty, so it sounds a bit silly to me!

I knew two different Bridies at school, one at my first primary school, and one at my secondary school. I mentioned one of them to my inlaws, who all think I'm making the name up! It's not very well known, so you may get some comments. It wouldn't bother me, but worth bearing in mind if this might bother you.

I prefer Maya overall.

Love it!

I LOVE the name Maya, I don’t know why but it makes me think of a Mother Earth like character, it works really well with Violet too

Pieceofpurplesky it has already come back then!

Maya is lovely. It's very, very popular at my DCs school. Several in every year group (primary). Some are spelled the Polish way Maja but pronounced the same.

Bridie is a very different sort of name to me. I have only ever heard older women with this name, so find it hard to picture a little Bridie!

I love Maya