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[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I saw this name in a friends photo album, and can't decide how to pronounce it... any ideas?

 Mataiah

On a girl about 10 years old.

Edit:
I also saw this in the newspapers announcements: Gunna Dheer  (Indian last name)

and from the "fastest rising names" post from a while ago... I saw 8 babies named Kayden/Kaiden/Caden but only one Brayden and one Aiden.  I also saw a Tenley. 

Comments

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

I'd guess at mah-TAH-yah.

[summer-mommy.livejournal.com]

Like Maya... but with a tie in the middle. Ma-tie-yah. That's my guess and I'm sticking to it.

[fellclutch.livejournal.com]

Looks like Mattea- Muh-tay-ah.

[djador.livejournal.com]

That's what I thought as well. It just looks like Mattea spelled incorrectly

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

ditto

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

I thought so, as well.

[frost.livejournal.com]

I read it as Muh-tie-yah.

[http://users.livejournal.com/--stillframe--/]

Agreed.

[minga13.livejournal.com]

Mah-tie-ah.
That's based on my knowledge of Pacific island languages vowel sounds & alphabet which use that combo of letters (minus the h). Nice name I think :)