How would you pronounce Maya

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Out of interest? I like the name but hear variations in pronunciation.

Mya

My-a.

Is there another way?

MY-a

Like the month with A on the end.

May-ah

May-a

May a

My-ah

Yeah I’d have said Maya rhyming with player too but I’ve heard the rhyming with fire one too.

I pronounce the ‘ay’ the same as eye

MY-uh

May-ah

My-a but I never know why it’s not May-a.

But then to me, Mia should be My-a too.

May -a

I worked in a school and it depended on the spelling of the name , it caused a lot of confusion and had so many different spellings and pronunciation by other parents and kids .

Maya to rhyme with Fire surely?

Never heard of it to rhyme with player

I have a name like this and people always get it wrong because there are so many ways and spellings. It also depends on the accent & country you’re in. My name is popular in the UK, Asia and even in places in the Middle East!

I would say Maya / Fire

May-ah as in the month of May. I don't know any though.

I know 2 pronounced M-eye-ah, as in 👀, and they're spelled Mya

My-a but a woman I knew wanted it pronounced May-a and got pissy every time it was mispronounced 🙄

I pronounce it Maa-ya with a long Ma, the Asian way. That way, it means illusion or chimera.

Never mayah….always Maya….I’ve known a few as i worked in a children’s 0 to 19 team

How on earth could Maya rhyme with player?
-er isn’t pronounced the same as -a!

May like the month uh

Maya to rhyme with papaya is the Asian way.

Myer. Sounds like higher.