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.
Maya Angelou's real name is Marguerite Johnson.
Yes. Her birth name was Marguerite Johnson. She changed it to Maya because her brother Bailey called her My, which was later transformed to Maya and then her family eventually called her Maya Angelou.
Her name is Maya Johnson Angelou
Maya Angelou's birth name was Marguerite Johnson.
Maya Angelou
Marguerite Ann Johnson
Marguerite Ann Johnson
Maya middle name is Annie.
Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928. Her birth name was Marguerite Ann Johnson.
Marguerite Ann Johnson.
Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928.
Maya Angelous real name as a kid was Marguerite Annie Johnson.