Mia

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

A German, Dutch and North Germanic diminutive of Maria.

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.

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

Mia (plural Mias)

1. A surname from Bengali.

• 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.

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

• 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

Contraction of Maria.

Mia

1. a female given name

• Mie

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.aː/

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• Hyphenation: Mia
• Rhymes: -iaː

Mia f

1. a female given name

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.

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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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