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She got it from her brother Bailey Jr. who, at a young age, would call her "Mya sister", which got shortened into "Maya".

Angelou comes from her days as a Calypso dancer, where she was suggested to adopt a "distinctive" name, rather than Marguerite Johnson.

The last name Angelou could've possibly been influenced by the last name of her first husband, Tosh Angelos.

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