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Mya or Mia

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MyaMia · 24/06/2023 13:49

Which do you prefer?

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MolkosTeenageAngst · 24/06/2023 13:52

I prefer Mya which I would pronounce My-uh compared to Mia which I would pronounce Me-uh.

CaptainMyCaptain · 24/06/2023 13:53

I would spell Mya (My-uh) either Maya or Maja.

MyaMia · 24/06/2023 14:04

MolkosTeenageAngst · 24/06/2023 13:52

I prefer Mya which I would pronounce My-uh compared to Mia which I would pronounce Me-uh.

Yes that's how they would be pronounced

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Fivebeanchilli · 24/06/2023 14:06

I prefer the sound of Mya over Mia which always sounds a bit insubstantial to me.
But I really dislike the Mya spelling and prefer Maia or Maya.

CindersAgain · 24/06/2023 14:08

Yeah, isn’t My-a usually spelt Maya?

mrsfeatherbottom · 24/06/2023 14:10

I know a variety of girls called either Maya, Mya and Maia (all pronounced the same) and I also know some Mia's. I also know a Maya who pronounced it May-a.

MyaMia · 24/06/2023 14:11

Isn't Maya "May-a?"

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CaptainMyCaptain · 24/06/2023 14:13

MyaMia · 24/06/2023 14:11

Isn't Maya "May-a?"

Not usually.

MyaMia · 24/06/2023 14:15

Ah right. Thank you!

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beetsbearsbattlestargalactica · 24/06/2023 14:16

Mia

Aria20 · 24/06/2023 14:20

I prefer Mia (me-ah)

But if it has to be Mya (my-ah) then I prefer it spelt Maya (still pronounced My-ah)

MolkosTeenageAngst · 24/06/2023 14:49

MyaMia · 24/06/2023 14:11

Isn't Maya "May-a?"

That’s how I would pronounce it too.

honeyy123 · 24/06/2023 14:58

Mia is better but mila myla is better than them both

Purplesquare8 · 24/06/2023 15:06

Honestly I know so many children with variations of this name. All pronounced differently or spelt differently or some spelt the same but pronounced differently…it gets so confusing and hard to remember which is which.

MyaMia · 24/06/2023 15:42

Ah might just park it then!

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scrivette · 24/06/2023 15:51

I know quite a few and they are all pronounced differently and I can never remember who is who - I seem to have a block with this name and try not to say the name out loud.

Mogwalla · 24/06/2023 19:45

Maya if you want it pronounced My-ah, saves explanation and looks pretty.

continentallentil · 24/06/2023 19:46

Neither - done to death, nothing-y, about 3 different pronunciations

continentallentil · 24/06/2023 19:46

Mogwalla · 24/06/2023 19:45

Maya if you want it pronounced My-ah, saves explanation and looks pretty.

Loads of people pronounce it May-uh if it’s spelt like that.

KirstenBlest · 25/06/2023 13:31

I don't like either of them. Mia is fine until you realise that most people say it as Mere.
Mya looks wrong, although it is used.
Both names disappear into all the Mia, Maya, May, Mae, Mabel, Maeve type names

PickledScrump · 25/06/2023 17:04

Mia is lovely and easy to say and spell. Mya can also be Maya or Maia but the last two can also have various pronunciations and just doesn’t sound nice

misspollycat · 25/06/2023 18:24

These names always confuse me, as I never know whether it's me, may or my.

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