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[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

What is the pronunciation of the name MAYA?
I think it looks really pretty, and I was just wondering if there's a certain way to say it, or, like Mia, it's pretty much whatever.

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[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Not even Mee-ah?

[silveroonmyst.livejournal.com]

If you like it like that then pronounce it like that!!!

My cousin is My-Uh with that spelling.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Oh, so there isn't a set pronunciation?
I was so sure it was, "No! THE NAME IS SAID LIKE THIS ____." I had no idea you could choose. :/ Haha.

[silveroonmyst.livejournal.com]

Well my name is Lina, and people always go to pronounce it lin-ah but its pronounced leen-ah.

My motheres reasoning is Tina. You say teen-uh not tine-uh ect. So really its how you want to pronounce it, ive always heard it my-ah, but it could be may-uh too.

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

Leen-ah is much prettier than Lin-ah.
I do the same.
If I see a name that looks similar to another (Sara, Tara, even though those are obvious), I just rhyme them.

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

I have a Lena in my dance class (I'm the teacher) and I always call her Lay-na. I can't seem to think fast enough to remember that she says it Lee-na. Dunno.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

Er yes there's a proper pronounciation. It's My-uh. How are you getting an eee sound from Maya?

[omgzits--tam.livejournal.com]

I never got an eee sound from Maya...