Mia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mia"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

Etymology 1

A German, Dutch and North Germanic diminutive of Maria.

Proper noun

Mia

1. A female given name from German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish.
   • 1991 February 24, Eric Lax, “Woody and Mia: A New York Story”, in 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.

Translations

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 米婭 / 米娅 (Mǐyà)

• Danish: Mia
• Estonian: Miia
• Finnish: Miia (fi)
• German: Mia (de)
• Icelandic: Mía (is) f
• Norwegian: Mia (no)
• Russian: Ми́я f (Míja)
• Swedish: Mia (sv)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Bengali মিয়া (miẏa). This surname is mostly found in Bengal.

Proper noun

Mia (plural Mias)

1. A surname from Bengali.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mia is the 35582^nd 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mia”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 583.

Anagrams

• 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

Danish

Etymology

Contraction of Maria.

Proper noun

Mia

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Mie

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.aː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Mia
• Rhymes: -iaː

Proper noun

Mia f

1. a female given name

Faroese

Proper noun

Mia f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

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

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Mia
accusative	Miu
dative	Miu
genitive	Miu

German

Etymology

Contraction of Maria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmiːa]

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• Hyphenation: Mi‧a

Proper noun

Mia

1. a female given name

Norwegian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Mia

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Mie

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Mia c (genitive Mias)

1. a female given name
   • 1933, Ivar Lo-Johansson, Godnatt, jord, Albert Bonniers förlag, published 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.

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