How Do You Pronounce These?

[sunyla]

I recently heard Elijah pronounced different to how it's usually is and it made me think of how some people pronounce Maya - My-ah and others pronounce it May-ah.

So for fun, how do you pronounce these names and what other names often get different pronunciations?

I always struggle with:

Marcia
Alicia

I think they're supposed to be pronounced:

Marsha
Aleesha

I always want to say:

Mars-i-ya
Alis-i-ya

Any help with these two would be much appreciated!

@QueenOfToast the Marcia I knew was pronounced Mar see uh.
I also know someone called Marsha which is pronounced Marsha.

MY-ah
eh-LIE-juh

Marcia = MAR-sha
Alicia = ah-LEE-sha

Alicia can also be pronounced Ah-LISS-ee-ah.

I would pronounce Marcia Marsha.

Ell eye jah
Ell eye shah
May ah

@AuntyPasta Yes! I wasn't sure how to write it.

By Sh, I meant soft J. My bad!

El-EYE-juh
MY-uh

Eli-ja and My-a