Maya or Sasha for a girl?

[mumofgirls35]

Hello, I'm curious to hear the general consensus on which of these two names is nicer. Thanks for your time.

Sasha. There are sooo many Mayas.

I love Sasha. Maya has pronunciation/spelling issues and none are particularly nice

Sasha

Maya, Sasha reminds me of Bratz dolls and feels a bit 2000s to me.

The quote is ‚mostly a boy’s name‘, which I agree with. I’ve known 4 Sashas. All boys!

loads and loads of maya’s , Love the name Sasha. I used to know one , we called her slasher because she was quite the handful !! ,

I prefer Sasha of the two.

Maya, as many have pointed out, has pronunciation and spelling issues. I've known it to be My-a and May-a in equal measure. Of the ones who pronounce it My-a, I've known them to spell it Maya, Mya or Myah. She'll spend her life correcting people.

I only know boys and men callled Sasha. It's a very common name for boys in continental Europe and in Russia. In fact in Germany it is only allowed to be used for boys!

I'd go with Maya for a girl.

Sasha, I love it as a girls name.

No, Sacha is the French spelling. The French pronunce ch as sh (eg chat or chateau)

Sascha is the German spelling and Sasha seems to be the most popular UK spelling

All the Sasha's I have know have been male, so I would have to go with Maya for a girl.

No, Sacha is the French spelling. The French pronunce ch as sh (eg chat or chateau)
Sascha is the German spelling and Sasha seems to be the most popular UK spelling
This.

Maya.

I’ve met two Sasha’s in my life. Both female. One was an awful person, the other was a German Shepherd (and a very good girl).

The Sashas I know are male, full name Alexander.

I like Maya, not sure that the alternative pronunciations are a necessarily a big issue?

Maya is nicer. I always thought Sasha was a boy's name.

Sasha

I like them both.
Think I would go for Sacha and spell it that way.

Sasha, it's much nicer sounding

Think I would go for Sacha and spell it that way.
But some would say it as Satcha.

Sasha is a boys name in my head. I know people have started to use it for girls, but in my head it's like calling a girl Brian. I've only met boys with several spellings depending upon where the Sasha/Sacha/Sascha was from.

As a pp said, the spelling differences are simply regional.

Maya is very common and pronunciation varies. I don't love it.

Maya, the only Sascha I know is male.

I like May, you know how to pronounce it and it's simple and pretty .

I love Sasha. It has a long history of use in Slavic countries as a pet name for either Alexander or Alexandra, so isn’t one of those boys’ names which has been purloined by parents of girls.

Certainly a German Sascha or a French Sacha is overwhelmingly likely to be male, but that’s not how usage has developed in the English-speaking world. It’s a lovely name for a girl, familiar but not overused.

I have a 17 year old Maya. There is only one other at her (large) school - it wasn't common in 2007 when she was born. She was also the only one in her primary school too. There weren't really any Mias either (not a fan of Mia)

That said I suspect there are many more and variations of in primary schools.

But if you like it then go for it. I still love it as a name. I also don't see the problem with not being the only X or y in the school or class. They aren't at school forever and people chose these names because they are nice names.

I sometimes think people for for some pretty awful names purely so they can be different!

Think I would go for Sacha and spell it that way.

Why spell it the French way?

The French pronounce ch (chat) as sh, but in English ch becomes tch (to chat)