HDP5 wrote:Hello.
My wife and I are considering Maia as the name for our little girl due in June. I'm Greek Cypriot & English and she's Finnish. We're trying to find a name we like thay works in all languages without different pronunciation (harder than you might think as Finnish is tricky language).
We are considering Maia. We think it works in English and Finnish. I know the name is derived from the oldest and most beautiful daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes. So it's ancient Greek in original and has an association with 'mother' and month of May or spring in general. However, we know it's a modern word for 'midwife' in Greek.
Hoping native speaking Greeks / Cypriots on this forum who could advise on whether Maia would be considered 'weird' or inappropriate as a baby girl's name in modern Greek, because of its possible meanings?
Also - we would pronounce this name "My-Ah" but we're concerned it might be mispronounced "May-Ah" (as in "mayor" or "mayo") - how would most people pronounce this?
NOT A GOOD NAME!! You are going to cause her psychological problems. Schoolkids will not miss a chance to paraphrase her name and call her all sorts of things. Mayia, --> Mayissa (witch) ekame mou mayia (did witchcraft on me). As for girls trust me at teen age they can be unbelievably mean against other girls who might be prettier than them. They won't miss a chance with such a name...
