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I prefer Maya (MAY-a)

This message was edited 5/27/2005, 12:31 PM

I much prefer Maia over Maya. I pronounce them the same. Mara is nice, but I prefer Maia to it. I dislike Mia, but I like Mina, Mira, and Mila. I'm a bit neutral to Maeve.

I pronounce Maia and Maya the same, it's ok-I think I prefer the spelling Maia.

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I love Mina, and Mara sounds nice, too.

I love Maya, especially in the combo Maya Rosa. (See my post above this titled My Final Top Three.) I much prefer Maya to Maia. The three vowels next to eachother don't seem right to me. Maya means "water" in Hebrew, coming from the word mayim. Mara is okay, but I like Maura better.

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~ Hannah ♥

I prn. Maia and Maya the same, but I prefer the latter because of the Mayan peoples. I like the name a great deal.

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I like Mara as well. It sounds cute, yet strong to me.

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Mia and Mina are very nice, imo, but I don't care much for Mira or Mila. If I had to choose between the two though, I'd pick Mira.

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Maeve is all right, but nms.

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“It's so comforting to know that there are so many people in this world sicker than I am.” Tim Curry

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Hannah

Hi there! LOL this post reminds me of one of my own recently: which do you like better, Amina, Amira, Amia, Amara, Amaya, Ayana, Adara, Amisha? Anyway, I like all of those names, they're all lovely. I pronounce Maya and Maia the same way: MYE-uh. I prefer the spelling Maya just because, but Maia is nice too. I also love Moira and Maura in addition to Mara.

I pronounce Maia and Maya the same. Maia is more Greek/Roman and Maya more Indian/Native American. In Sweden Maja is pronounced the same way and is a form of Maria.

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Mara means "nightmare" in Swedish, I would prefer Miriam, Maria or Mariah. I like Mira, Mia and Mila. Mina is ok but I prefer Minna (I don't pronounce those two the same).

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Maeve is pretty and Irish but I prefer names with more than one syllable, easier to shout :)

I pron. Maia & Maya the same (mie-ah), and prefer the spelling Maya. I love Mara (mah-rah) but the meaning is sad. Mia (mee-ah or mie-ah) is nmsaa, Mina is cute, Mira is nice and Mila is very beautiful. Maeve is original.

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~~ Claire ~~

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My ! are Alia, Eidel, Enola, Israel, Dudel, Yuri, Lina, Lorelei, Leilani, Owen, Julian, Glorinda, Mirinda
My ? are Hillel, Meshullam, Johnny, Ginny, Cordelia, Fiammetta, Yocheved
My ~ are Tehila, Tilda, Hailey, Gillian, Huldah
My / are Aglaia and July

I pronunce Maia and Maya the same, but I prefer the spelling Maia. I think it looks nicer and it's the proper spelling in Catalan. I really love it, but sadly enough there are these OOOOLD cartoons that my parents use to watch when they were kids but that are still on-air (!) about the "bee Maya". Everybody thinks about the bee when you tell Maia!

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Mara is nice too, but the meaning disappoints me.

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About the others, as I told you, I love Mia, and Mira as well.

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