Mia (given name)
Mia is a feminine given name, originating as a hypocoristic of various unrelated names.
| Pronunciation | /ˈmaɪə/ MY-ə /ˈmiːə/ MEE-ə |
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| Gender | Female |
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It is usually derived from the name Maria and its variants (Miriam, Maryam, Mary), but it is reportedly also used as a hypocoristic of names such as Amalia, Amelia, Emilia, Emily, Salome (Solomia) or Maya.
The name has been popularly associated with the Italian word mia and the Spanish word mía, both meaning 'mine', and also recognized as a derivation from the Slavic word mila, meaning "dear, darling".
Popularity
Long in use as a hypocorism, Mia is recorded as an officially given name in the United States in the 1960s, and it rose to popularity in the 1990s to 2010s, from rank 316 in 1994 to rank 30 in 2004 and further to rank 6 in 2013–2015.[1] Similarly, it reached rank 7 in Australia as of 2013.[2]
Notable individuals
Given name
- Mia Alvar, Filipino-American writer based in New York
- Mia Boman (born 1975), Swedish curler and curling coach
- Mia Brownell (born 1971), American visual artist
- Mia Davies (born 1978), Australian politician
- Mia Goth (born 1993), English actress
- Mia Hagman (born 1979), Finnish breaststroke swimmer
- Mia Khalifa, American media personality and former pornographic actress
- Mia Kilburg (born 1989), American speed skater and professional racing cyclist
- Mia Kirshner (born 1975), Canadian actress
- Mia Mamede (born 1995), Brazilian model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder
- Mia Malkova, American media personality and pornographic actress
- Mia May (1884–1980), Austrian actress
- Mia Michaels (born 1966), American choreographer
- Mia Mottley (born 1965), Barbadian Prime Minister
- Mia Newley (born 1988), Australian basketball player
- Mia Pojatina (born 1995), Croatian model
- Mia Sara (born 1967), American actress
- Mia Strömmer (born 1974), Finnish hammer thrower
- Mia Tyler (born 1978), American actress
- Mia Wasikowska (born 1989), Australian actress
- Mia Wray (born 1995), Australian pop singer-songwriter
- Mia Zapata (1965–1993), American musician
- Mia Zutter (born 1999), American Paralympic athlete who competes in Nordic skiing
Hypocoristic
- Mia Aegerter (Myriam), Swiss pop singer and actress
- Mia Farrow (María), American actress
- Mia Hamm (Mariel Margaret), American soccer (football) player
- Mia Matthes (Mariette, 1920–2010), Canadian photographer
- Mia Rose (Maria), British-Portuguese singer
Pseudonyms
- Mia (singer), Lithuanian singer and television presenter
- Mia Martini, pseudonym of Domenica Berté, Italian singer
- Mia Murano (未亜), Japanese model and actress
- Mia X, American rapper, singer-songwriter and actress
Fictional characters
- Baby Mia, Molly's baby sister that first appears in "Bubble Baby!" in the American animated television series Bubble Guppies
- Mia, in the British web series Corner Shop Show
- Mia (.hack)
- Mia (Dark Tower)
- Mia, a lead character from Lego Friends
- Mia, the titular character from Mia and Me
- Mia, in the 2016 American film La La Land
- Mia, a Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance character
- Mia, a Golden Sun character
- Mia, a mouse, the lead character in Mia's Big Adventure Collection educational software series
- Mia (Two and a Half Men), a character on the television show Two and a Half Men
- Mia Allen, from The Evil Dead
- Mia Ausa, a Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete character
- Mia Dearden, a comic book character
- Mía Colucci, in the Argentine telenovela Rebelde Way (2002–03)
- Mía Colucci, in the Mexican telenovela Rebelde (2004–06)
- Mia Elliott, on the American soap opera Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
- Mia Fey, a Phoenix Wright character
- Mia Hall, main character of novel and film of If I Stay
- Mia Havero, main character and narrator of Alexei Panshin's 1968 Nebula Award-winning novel Rite of Passage
- Mia Jones, a Degrassi: The Next Generation character
- Mia Lewis, in the TV series Californication
- Mia Rio, in Yandere Simulator
- Mia St. Clair, an American Girl character
- Mia Thermopolis, a main character in The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
- Mia Toretto, a main character in The Fast and The Furious
- Mia Townsend, a Need for Speed: Most Wanted character
- Mia Wallace, a Pulp Fiction character
- Mia Warren, a character in Celeste Ng's 2017 novel Little Fires Everywhere and in the 2020 miniseries of the same name
- Mia Watanabe, from Power Rangers Samurai
- Mia Karnstein, from Code Vein
- Mia the Kitten, in the American animated television series T.O.T.S.
- Mia Sutton, a main character from Death Note (2017 film)
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Mia
- Pia Mia (born 1996), American singer, songwriter, model, and actress
- Mia (surname)
References
- behindthename.com
- "Australia's 100 most popular baby names". Kidspot. April 2, 2013. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
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