Gender Feminine
Meaning & History
Diminutive of Maria [1] . It coincides with the Italian word mia meaning "mine".This name was common in Sweden and Denmark in the 1970s [2] . It rose in popularity in the English-speaking world in the 1990s, entering the top ten for girls in the United States in 2009. It was also popular in many other countries at that time. Famous bearers include American actress Mia Farrow (1945-) and American soccer player Mia Hamm (1972-), birth names Maria and Mariel respectively.
Related Names
VariantsMaja, Majken, Marika, My (Swedish) Mai, Maiken, Maja (Norwegian) Mai, Maiken, Maja, Majken, Maren (Danish) Maaike, Marieke, Mariëlle, Mariëtte, Marijke, Marike, Mariska, Marita, Meike, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria (Dutch) Maja, Mareike, Mariele, Marietta, Marita, Meike, Mitzi, Ria (German) Mariella, Marietta (Italian) Maja, Manca, Manja, Mare, Marica, Maruša, Mija (Slovene) Maja, Mare, Marica (Croatian)
Other Languages & CulturesMarietjie (Afrikaans) Marie (Albanian) Mariam, Maryam (Arabic) Mariem, Meriem (Arabic (Maghrebi)) Mari, Maria, Mariam, Meri, Marieta (Armenian) Məryəm (Azerbaijani) Märyäm, Maryam (Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maddi, Maia (Basque) Mariya, Maryia (Belarusian) Mary, Miriam (Biblical) Maria, Mariam (Biblical Greek) Miryam (Biblical Hebrew) Maria (Biblical Latin) Merjem, Merjema (Bosnian) Mari, Mai (Breton) Maria, Mariya, Mariela, Marieta, Mariyka (Bulgarian) Maria, Mariona, Ona (Catalan) Maria (Corsican) Marie, Miriam, Maja, Marika (Czech) Mariyam (Dhivehi) Maarja, Mari, Maria, Mirjam, Maarika, Mai, Maia, Maie, Mall, Malle, Mare, Marika, Maris, Marje, Marju (Estonian) Maria (Faroese) Mere, Miriama (Fijian) Maaria, Maria, Marja, Marjo, Meeri, Miia, Mirjam, Mirjami, Maarika, Maija, Maila, Mari, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marje, Marjukka, Marjut, Mirja, Mirka (Finnish) Marie, Myriam, Manon, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise, Maryse (French) Maria, Maike, Mareike (Frisian) María, Maruxa (Galician) Mari, Mariam, Meri (Georgian) Maria, Meri, Marieta, Marietta, Marika (Greek) Maryamu (Hausa) Malia (Hawaiian) Miriam, Miryam, Miri (Hebrew) Mariamne (History) Mária, Maja, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marietta, Marika, Mariska (Hungarian) María, Mæja (Icelandic) Maryam (Indonesian) Máire, Maura, Moira, Moyra, Muire, Máirín, Maureen (Irish) Märiyam (Kazakh) Maija, Marija, Māra, Mārīte (Latvian) Marija, Marytė (Lithuanian) Marija, Maja, Mara, Mare (Macedonian) Mariam (Malay) Marija (Maltese) Moirrey, Voirrey (Manx) Malle, Molle (Medieval English) Mere, Miriama (Māori) Maria (Occitan) Maryam (Persian) Maria, Miriam, Maja, Marietta, Marika, Mariola, Maryla, Marysia, Marzena (Polish) Maria, Miriam, Mariana, Mariane, Mariazinha (Portuguese) Maryam (Quranic) Maria, Maricica, Marieta, Marioara (Romanian) Maria, Mariia, Mariya, Miya, Manya, Marusya, Marya, Masha (Russian) Márjá (Sami) Mele (Samoan) Maria (Sardinian) Mhairi, Moira, Moyra (Scottish) Màiri, Moire (Scottish Gaelic) Marija, Maja, Mara, Marica (Serbian) Mária, Miriam, Maja, Marika, Miriama (Slovak) Maryan (Somali) Marja (Sorbian) María, Míriam, Mariela, Marieta, Marita, Mía, Mirian, Miryam (Spanish) Marely, Maritza, Mariel (Spanish (Latin American)) Mariel (Spanish (Philippines)) Mariamu (Swahili) Märyam, Maryam (Tatar) Mele (Tongan) Meryem (Turkish) Maria, Mariia, Mariya, Mariyka, Marusya (Ukrainian) Mariyam, Maryam (Urdu) Meryem (Uyghur) Mareye (Walloon) Mair, Mari (Welsh) Mariama (Western African)
Same SpellingMía
Popularity
People think this name is
youthful informal natural wholesome delicate refined simple
Name Days
Norway: July 13
Sources & References
- Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford, 1990, page 236.
- Nordic Names Wiki, entry Mia, available from https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Mia.
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