Mia (given name)

Mia is a female given name, originating as a hypocoristic of various unrelated names. Mia means 'my', 'mine', or 'bitter'.

Mia
Pronunciation/ˈmaɪə/ MY-ə
/ˈmiːə/ MEE-ə
GenderFemale

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 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 hypocoristic, 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

Hypocoristic
  • Mia Aegerter (Myriam), Swiss pop singer and actor
  • 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 Khalifa, Lebanese American pornographic actress
  • 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, a character 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, a character 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, a character from The Evil Dead
  • Mia Ausa, a Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete character
  • Mia Dearden, a comic book character
  • Mía Colucci, a character in the Argentine telenovela Rebelde Way (2002–03)
  • Mía Colucci, a character in the Mexican telenovela Rebelde (2004–06)
  • Mia Elliott, a character 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 (Degrassi: The Next Generation), a Degrassi: The Next Generation character
  • Mia Lewis, a character in the TV series Californication
  • 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 Watanabe, a character from Power Rangers Samurai

References
  1. behindthename.com
  2. "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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