Mia (given name)

Mia
Pronunciation	/ˈmaɪə/ MY-ə; /ˈmiːə/ MEE-ə
Gender	Female

Mia is a feminine given name.

Long in use as a diminutive of names such as Maria,^[1] Mia is recorded as a given name in the United States in the 1960s, and it rose to popularity in the 1990s to 2010s, from rank 316 in 1994 to rank 30 in 2004 and further to rank 6 in 2013–2015.^[2] Similarly, it reached rank 7 in Australia as of 2013.^[3] In 2022, it was the seventh most popular name given to girls in Canada.^[4]

Notable individuals

Given name

Mia Alvar, Filipino-American writer based in New York
Mia Boman (born 1975), Swedish curler and curling coach
Mia Brownell (born 1971), American visual artist
Mia Cha (born 1979), South Korean data scientist
Mia Davies (born 1978), Australian politician
Mia Farrow (born 1945), American actress
Mia Goth (born 1993), English actress
Mia Hagman (born 1979), Finnish breaststroke swimmer
Mia Kilburg (born 1989), American speed skater and professional racing cyclist
Mia Kirshner (born 1975), Canadian actress
Mia Mamede (born 1995), Brazilian model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder
Mia Malkova, American media personality and pornographic actress
Mia May (1884–1980), Austrian actress
Mia Michaels (born 1966), American choreographer
Mia Mottley (born 1965), Barbadian Prime Minister
Mia Newley (born 1988), Australian basketball player
Mia Pojatina (born 1995), Croatian model
Mia Riddle, American indie-folk singer-songwriter
Mia Sara (born 1967), American actress
Mia Strömmer (born 1974), Finnish hammer thrower
Mia Tyler (born 1978), American actress
Mia Wasikowska (born 1989), Australian actress
Mia Wesley, American actress
Mia Wray (born 1995), Australian pop singer-songwriter
Mia Zapata (1965–1993), American musician
Mia Zutter (born 1999), American Paralympic athlete who competes in Nordic skiing

Hypocoristic

Mia Aegerter (Myriam), Swiss pop singer and actress
Mia Farrow (María), American actress
Mia Hamm (Mariel Margaret), American soccer (football) player, eponym of the Mia Hamm Foundation
Mia Matthes (Mariette, 1920–2010), Canadian photographer
Mia Rose (Maria), British-Portuguese singer

Pseudonyms

Mia (singer), Lithuanian singer and television presenter
Mia Couto, pseudonym of António Emílio Leite Couto, Mozambican novelist
Mia Khalifa (born 1993), American media personality and former pornographic actress
Mia Martini, pseudonym of Domenica Berté, Italian singer
Mia Murano (未亜), Japanese model and actress
Mia X, American rapper, singer-songwriter and actress

Fictional characters

Baby Mia, Molly's baby sister that first appears in "Bubble Baby!" in the American animated television series Bubble Guppies
Mia, in the British web series Corner Shop Show
Mia (.hack)
Mia (Dark Tower)
Mia, a lead character from Lego Friends
Mia, the titular character from Mia and Me
Mia, in the 2016 American film La La Land
Mia, a Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance character
Mia, a Golden Sun character
Mia, a mouse, the lead character in Mia's Big Adventure Collection educational software series
Mia (Two and a Half Men), a character on the television show Two and a Half Men
Mia Allen, from The Evil Dead
Mia Ausa, a Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete character
Mia Dearden, a comic book character
Mía Colucci, in the Argentine telenovela Rebelde Way (2002–03)
Mía Colucci, in the Mexican telenovela Rebelde (2004–06)
Mia Elliott, on the American soap opera Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Mia Fey, a Phoenix Wright character
Mia Hall, main character of novel and film of If I Stay
Mia Havero, main character and narrator of Alexei Panshin's 1968 Nebula Award-winning novel Rite of Passage
Mia Jones, a Degrassi: The Next Generation character
Mia Lewis, in the TV series Californication
Mia Rio, in Yandere Simulator
Mia St. Clair, an American Girl character
Mia Thermopolis, a main character in The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Mia Toretto, a main character in The Fast and The Furious
Mia Townsend, a Need for Speed: Most Wanted character
Mia Wallace, a Pulp Fiction character
Mia Warren, a character in Celeste Ng's 2017 novel Little Fires Everywhere and in the 2020 miniseries of the same name
Mia Watanabe, from Power Rangers Samurai
Mia Karnstein, from Code Vein
Mia the Kitten, in the American animated television series T.O.T.S.
Mia Sutton, a main character from Death Note (2017 film)

References

^ Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Mia". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
^ "Popularity for the name Mia". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
^ "Australia's 100 most popular baby names". Kidspot. April 2, 2013. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
^ "Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-08-25.

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[1] Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Mia". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2024-04-17.

[2] "Popularity for the name Mia". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2024-04-17.

[3] "Australia's 100 most popular baby names". Kidspot. April 2, 2013. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-10.

[4] "Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-08-25.

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