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Hey i am due to have my 7th child in 4weeks and want a name starting with M. I have picked two names but can not find the meaning for my girls name. i already have Mark, Matthew, Michael, Mya, Mia and Maya and want to name this one either Mason for a boy or Maharleah for a girl but cant find a meaning. can anyone help???
its pronounced Ma-Harley-a
its pronounced Ma-Harley-a
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You can always give one kid a "W" name, like an M upside down, and confuse everyone.
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Your right it is MAH-lee-a as far as I know too. :)I shoud have made myself clearer
unfortunatly names get mispronounced or misspelled all the time I was just thinking that someone who didnt know the pronouciation might think it was ma-HA-lee-a, I have seen it happen with other names
unfortunatly names get mispronounced or misspelled all the time I was just thinking that someone who didnt know the pronouciation might think it was ma-HA-lee-a, I have seen it happen with other names
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? Are you all saying that in Australia "Mahalia" is normally pronounced as MAH-lee-a? That seems like an odd pronunciation for that spelling to me. In the USA Mahalia is normally pronounced mah-HALE-yuh, with the middle syllable rhyming with "dale", as in the name of the famous gospel singer Mahalia Jackson.
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Well I have only known of one person with this name a deceased aunt of a freind and she pronounced it Mah-lee-a as far as I know, I live in England
Edited to say I spoke to my freind today her aunt actually spelt her name Mahlia, so I actually dont know of anyone called Mahalia :)
Edited to say I spoke to my freind today her aunt actually spelt her name Mahlia, so I actually dont know of anyone called Mahalia :)
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I've never met anyone called Mahalia, but the closely-related Mahala is pronounced MAH-la (which is bourne out by the name it comes from, Mahlah), and it would seem logical therefore that Mahalia also did not have the middle 'a' emphasised.
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Really? I've always said it mah-HAL-lee-ah, with HAL as in the name Al but with an H.
Then again, I've never heard Mahalia pronounced out loud, in reference to Ms. Jackson or otherwise. So I'm probably not a good person to consult on this matter. :-p
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Then again, I've never heard Mahalia pronounced out loud, in reference to Ms. Jackson or otherwise. So I'm probably not a good person to consult on this matter. :-p
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Where did you find this name?
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I'd rather push Maharleah than ride Areiss-Burhna
Google does not have a single record of the name, so it probably does not exist or is a recent fabrication...
Google does not have a single record of the name, so it probably does not exist or is a recent fabrication...
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This is just based on conjecture, but if you look up Harley, it is from two parts 'hara' meaning hare and 'leah' meaning 'clearing'. Ma could be old english for 'my', like in the name Madonna, meaning 'my lady.
So all in all, the name comes out to 'my hare clearing'
Sometimes the prefix Mac/Mc evolves to just 'Ma' in a name, meaning 'son of', or in this case 'son of hare clearing', but don't worry about the male implications. There are lots of girls named Makenzie.
Best of luck.
So all in all, the name comes out to 'my hare clearing'
Sometimes the prefix Mac/Mc evolves to just 'Ma' in a name, meaning 'son of', or in this case 'son of hare clearing', but don't worry about the male implications. There are lots of girls named Makenzie.
Best of luck.
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