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Mia
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Appendix:Variations of "mia"
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈmiːə/
en iːə 2
Etymology 1
A en de -, en nl - and en gmq diminutive of Maria.
Proper noun
en female German,Dutch,Swedish,Norwegian,Danish.
en February 24 1991 w:Eric Lax Woody and Mia: A New York Story w:The New York Times - - - 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.
en Nada Tawfik, Pratiksha Ghildial 'Everyone says it'll never be me' - Brown University student on surviving two mass shootings w:BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrknvqn97no 2025-12-14 With the holiday break just around the corner, 21-year-old Mia Tretta was in her dorm with a friend studying for their final exams. https://web.archive.org/web/20260517103054/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrknvqn97no 17 May 2026
Translations
female given name
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 米婭 Mǐyà
Danish: da Mia
Estonian: et Miia
Finnish: fi Miia
German: de Mia
Icelandic: is Mía f
Norwegian: no Mia
Russian: ru Ми́я f
Swedish: sv Mia
Etymology 2
en bn মিঞা মিয়া. This surname is mostly found in Bengal.
Proper noun
s
en Bengali.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Mia is the 35582nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 632 individuals. Mia is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (56.96%), White (16.3%) and Hispanic/Latino (14.4%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en aim I'm a' ima IAM I'ma I'm'a AIM i'ma IMA I'm a i'm'a mai I am Ima Mai AMI aim Ima' MAI I'm-a
en surnames from Galician surnames from Portuguese
Danish
Etymology
Contraction of da Maria.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female
Related terms
da Mie
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl /ˈmi.aː/
nl Nl-Mia.ogg
nl Mia
nl iaː
Proper noun
f
nl female
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Miuson Miudóttir
Declension
Mia Miu Miu Miu
German
Etymology
Contraction of de Maria.
Pronunciation
de [ˈmiːa]
de De-at Mia.ogg Austria
de De-Mia.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Mi a
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female
Norwegian
Etymology
Contraction of no Maria and no Emilia. Partly borrowed from no sv Mia.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female
Related terms
no Mie
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From pdt gml mūre mūre, mǖre, from pdt osx mūra, from pdt gmw-pro *mūrā, from pdt la mūrus wall.
Noun
f Mieren
brick wall
pdt Tieejelwaunt
Derived terms
pdt Miagropen Miazemment Stautsmia Steenmia
Related terms
pdt Miera
Swedish
Etymology
Contraction of sv Maria and pet form of other female names with the syllable -mi-. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1854.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Mia.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
sv 1933 w:Ivar Lo-Johansson Godnatt, jord Albert Bonniers förlag 1950 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.