How would you pronounce Maya

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

My- ah to rhyme with fire too

A girl in dd class is Maya - My-ah

Any thread which discusses pronunciation has utter eejits joining in the thread who are apparently totally unaware of the huge variations across the country dependent upon accent. It's bonkers!

I would pronounce it My-a. I worked with someone who pronounced it Moya.

Many thanks to people explaining the player/my-uh rhyming difference.

I've tried saying it with the 'r' sound emphasised at the end of player and I understand now how the accent makes a difference.

Interesting for poets when they write rhyming poetry!

Mah-yah

May-a

I once had a Mia, Maya and a Miah in the same class - blew my mind trying to get them right!

My friend's Maya is my-a

"my" ryhmes with pie "a" as in apple.

My-uh

Are you sure they weren’t just from Birmingham or that neck of the woods?

I think I’d assume Mia was My-ah / uh

I’ve taught lots of girls called Maya -some to fire with player and some to fire with fire. It’s a name I would avoid for this reason!

I knew a Mia who was Me-uh.

May-a, would only pronounce it My-a if it was spelt that way

My- a

And afaik that is correct in the choice text of the origins of the name

Is it a ‘surely’ pronunciation though? It doesn’t look obvious to me.

I used to think it was May until I kept hearing it as My.

May - uh
or May -er

Mia

Mee - uh

I have never known a Mia who didn’t pronounce it like this.

I’d probably go for Maeya (for May er) but that would probably still confuse people. I’m not sure how I’d spell it to get consistent accuracy.

Maya- may-uh
Mia- me-uh
Mya- my-uh

maya , I know 2 both pronounced Ma-ya
Mia , I know 2 pronounced Me -ah, 1 pronounced ma-ya

Don't you just love a thread that turns into snobbery over accents? Why do some people always assume their accent is 'correct pronunciation' and others are wrong? Why can't we just accept that people pronounce things differently?

Maybe some people need to google 'schwa' to understand a bit better that not ever sound in a word needs to be stressed! Just because some accents stress certain sounds, not all do. For example, a and er will both come out as 'uh' in many accents, whereas others will stress them so you can hear a difference. It's so petty to belittle others who might pronounce those sounds the same, as if they're wrong or stupid for doing so 🙄.

As for the name in question, I would always check rather than assume pronunciation if I saw this name written down as I've known it to be both May-ah or My-ah. I instinctively read it in my head as May-ah, but understand that My-ah is the most common pronunciation globally.

It's just one of those names I guess, like Evelyn, Esme, Sara etc.

My-a

People with non rhotic accents don't understand the confusion they cause with their ERs pronounced as As.

And I've seen words like "palaver" spelled "palava" here...