Mia

From German and North Germanic Mia.

• Rhymes: -iːə

Mia

1. A female given name.
   • 1991 Eric Lax, Woody and Mia: A New York Story, New York Times, February 24th 1991

     - - - I know he thinks my name is awkward to say. He rarely calls me Mia." Christened Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow, she couldn't pronounce Maria when she was a toddler and called herself Mia.

• The name did not have full name status before the 20th century.

• AIM, AMI, I am, I'm a, I'm a', I'm'a, I'ma, IAM, Ima, Ima', MAI, Mai, aim, i'm'a, i'ma, ima, mai

Contraction of Maria.

Mia

1. A female given name.

• Mie

Mia f

1. A female given name

Matronymics

• son of Mia: Miuson
• daughter of Mia: Miudóttir

Contraction of Maria.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmiːa]

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• Hyphenation: Mi‧a

Mia

1. A female given name.

Contraction of Maria and Emilia. Partly borrowed from Swedish Mia.

Mia

1. A female given name.

• Mie

Contraction of Maria and pet form of other female names with the syllable -mi-. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1854.

Mia c (genitive Mias)

1. A female given name.
   • 1933 Ivar Lo-Johansson, Godnatt, jord, Albert Bonniers förlag (1950), page 41:

     Göransons kvinna hette Mia. Till och med namnet tycktes dem skrattretande och inbjöd till hån. De uttalade det med en katts långdragna jamande: M-i-i-a-a-a... I mars jublade de det nätter och dagar.