Maya 2

Maya has multiple pronunciations depending on what part of the world you come from. It’s confusing esp for little Maya (Myah).

Pronunciation Myah.

I love it pronounced "My Ah" or "Mah Yah".

It's pronounced MY-a or MAH-ya, not MAY-a. MAY-a sounds so modern and wrong. The Maya people are also pronounced MY-a.

In Ancient Greek, it was pronounced "MIE-a." In Modern Greek, it would be pronounced "MEH-a." (In Ancient Greek, αι was pronounced "IE." In Modern Greek it is pronounced "EH," exactly like epsilon.) (See the book "Vox Graeca" by W. Sidney Allen, now available as a download. Fascinating!)

I pronounce this May-uh.

My daughter's name is Maya. We pronounce it May-a but ever since she was born we call her May-May. I know some people spell it Maya and pronounce it My-a but I think its an individual choice how you chose to have it pronounced. I chose it as an elongation of May and I think it is a beautiful, soft, pretty name x.

Just like Mama is pronounced Mah-Mah, Maya is pronounced Mah-Yah. Disyllable! May-a ain't right.