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I pronounce them all MAH-ya. They are full names to me. I've never heard them being pronounced MAY-a, I'm pretty sure that pronunciation wouldn't be correct.

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I used to like Maia and Maya. I still kind of like them but wouldn't use them. The thing is that they make me think of the human sacrifices of the Mayans. I don't know why as they had such an interesting and great culture but I can only think of that for some reason since watching a documentary. I also think the name is way too common.

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I dislike Maja because it doesn't look very nice at all. I like Maia and Maya about the same. Used to prefer Maia for a long time, though. Not cutesy at all it looks elegant spelled like that.

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Maja would get mispronounced as MAY-ja or MAH-ja a lot. Maya and Maia are full names and Maja could be seen as a nickname for Maria but also as a variant of Maia and Maya, I guess, so it's a full name. Not like Sandra nor like Katie. Just a full name. I doubt anyone still uses it as a nickname.

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However I much prefer Kaia, Kaya and Gaia.