I have trouble figuring out how much use names get in [name_f]Canada[/name_f], where I live - as far as I can tell, we don’t have an equivalent to the US’s SSA list, so I base some of my impressions of names’ popularity levels on that but I’m sure it’s not exactly the same here.
ANYWAY, I was startled to see that [name_f]Maya[/name_f] has hit #69 on the SSA list, and I know [name_f]Maja[/name_f] is quite popular in Scandinavia. Regardless of spelling and origin, does [name_f]Maya[/name_f]/[name_f]Maia[/name_f]/[name_f]Maja[/name_f] feel overused to people? To me, it feels fresh and lively and a little mystical, but am I in the minority?
Nope, I have never met a [name_f]Maya[/name_f]. I also only know of [name_f]Maia[/name_f] [name_m]Mitchell[/name_m] too, no one else with the name (spelt all ways). It feels fresh to me, but I do know a few Myas. I don’t consider them the same name though, even though they sound it.
I like [name_f]Maya[/name_f]/[name_f]Maia[/name_f]/[name_f]Maja[/name_f] a lot! I’m considering using her as a MN ([name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Maja[/name_f] Éliane “[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]”). I have a coworker named [name_f]Maia[/name_f], and I’ve met a couple little girls named [name_f]Maya[/name_f]/[name_f]Mya[/name_f]/[name_f]Maia[/name_f] in passing, but even though it keeps climbing the SSA list, it still seems relatively rare to me. I personally like [name_f]Mia[/name_f] a [name_m]LITTLE[/name_m] bit more, but I’d be so happy to meet a [name_f]Maya[/name_f]/[name_f]Maja[/name_f], and I think it’s a really gorgeous name.
I’ve only met one [name_f]Maya[/name_f], who has ruined the name for me. I don’t think it is overused at all, but the spelling variations can get confusing.
I knew several Myas/Mayas growing up, my age and younger, so I thought it was overused. But, I don’t hear it as often now as I used to. It’s a beautiful name.
I know one [name_f]Maja[/name_f] (Croatian background).
On Disney’s [name_m]Doc[/name_m] McStuffins the family just adopted a baby girl. Big sister [name_m]Doc[/name_m] and one of the toys named her [name_f]Maya[/name_f] as in my-a baby. This was a huge plot line this season haha!!