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I guess Maia makes more sense as 'my-a' to me because I speak a lot more Maori than I do 'Roman' (because I speak no 'Roman' lol), and the 'ai' vowel is always pronounced to rhyme with 'my'. Also, every Maia I've met is 'MY-a', so there's probably that influence too. And Maya looks like may + a, hence that assumption, I guess.