Ella and Maya

[MrsRV]

Do these go? As sisters names? Is Maya a name I've just made up because I want May but DH says no?

[AmIGoingMad]

I like them together

[CountingStars]

Maya is a real name.
I like them together

[surroundedbyblondes]

We have Ella and Maja (swedish spelling, we live in Sweden) Two beautiful girls, their names fit them perfectly

[jkklpu]

They do but just be warned that they're really popular so there could be quite a few around.

[Boggler]

I prefer Maya and rather it spelt the Celtic way Mair

[EirikurNoromaour]

Both are very nice names but very common. They will have lots of Ellas and Mayas in their class.

[MrsRV]

We already have the Ella half :-) not heard of Maya at all!!!

[ginmakesitallok]

How are you intending to pronounce Maya? It would normally be My-a?

[MrsRV]

May-a. As in month of May... I thought Mya would simply be Mya - oh man. Confusing!!!

[EirikurNoromaour]

Maya is pronounced mye-a not may-a

[smithwillsam]

Both names are very nice. By the names meaning both are good. But Ella than better Maya. Maya is a old fashionable name and has used as a female as well. Ella is a cute girl name and sound together well.

[JuneauWhoIAm]

Maya is pronounced Mya.

[CPtart]

Yes they're proper names. I know several of each!

[elcranko]

I read it as May-a.

It sounds lovely with Ella IMO.

[VivaLeBeaver]

I read it as May-a. To be honest I think twin names which have similar ending is a bit twee. How about Masie?

[JassyRadlett]

I've only ever heard it pronounced Mye-uh, as in the Mayan civilisation.

[Rosencrantz]

Maya is mye-a. Like the Mayans. The ones who made the calendars.

[qumquat]

I teach a lot of Mayas (secondary, there's a rash of them in current yr7 and 8), a few years ago they were all pronounced My-a, but now there are quite a lot of May-as as well. I have to say I think May-a sounds wrong, but it is certainly not unusual and will be accepted as a proper name.

[Marli1980]

Maya is vety beautiful