Mia
Meaning of Mia
Mia is that pocket-sized melody of a name that slips off the tongue like warm masala chai, yet carries passports from many lands; born as a sweet Italian endearment meaning “mine,” it also moonlights as the spirited nickname for Maria, Amelia, or even the Sanskrit-tinted Amita whispered in Indian households. Picture a little girl twirling under fairy lights at a Goa beach wedding—every auntie calling “Mia, Mia!” as if claiming a slice of her sparkle—while across the globe she’s dribbling a soccer ball like her namesake Mia Hamm or starring in an indie film à la Mia Farrow. That blend of global chic and homely charm has catapulted the name from a modest Rank 587 in 1940 to a dazzling Top 5 today in the U.S., proving that big charm sometimes comes in three tiny letters. Whether pronounced the crisp Italian “MEE-ah” or the relaxed English “MEE-uh,” Mia feels at once intimate and adventurous, a firecracker wrapped in silk, ready to steal hearts from Mumbai to Manhattan.
Pronunciation
Italian
- Pronunced as MEE-ah (/mi.a/)
American English
- Pronunced as MEE-uh (/miə/)
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Notable People Named Mia
| Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow, known as Mia Farrow, is an American actress who rose to fame in Peyton Place, earned acclaim for Rosemarys Baby, and was briefly married to Frank Sinatra. |
| Mia Hamm is an American soccer icon who won two Olympic golds and two World Cups, starred for the United States from 1987 to 2004, and helped launch the first pro league for women. |
| Mia Love is a Republican political commentator and former US representative for the 4th district of Utah from 2015 to 2019, and the first Haitian American, first Black member of Congress from Utah, and first Republican Black woman elected to Congress. |
| Mia Amor Mottley is a Barbadian politician who has served as prime minister since 2018, becoming the first woman in the role and leading Barbados into a republic. |
| Mia St. John - Mia Rosales St. John is an American boxer, former WBC super welterweight champion and IBA and IFBA lightweight titleholder, as well as a model, businesswoman, and taekwondo champion. |
| American organizer and activist Mia Satya, also known as Mia Tu Mutch, advocates for social justice, youth, and LGBT and transgender rights and was named a California Woman of the Year by the California State Senate. |
| Mia X, born Mia Young, is a New Orleans rapper who rose in the early 1990s bounce scene, became No Limit Records first female signee, and collaborated with Master P and Silkk the Shocker on Ice Cream Man, Ghetto D and Charge It 2 Da Game. |
| Mia Michaels is an Emmy winning American choreographer and So You Think You Can Dance judge known for work with Madonna and Celine Dion and for Cirque du Soleil. |
| Mia Brahe-Pedersen is an American sprinter from Oregon. |
| Mia Doi Todd is an American singer and songwriter known for linking other artists while creating her own distinctive music. |
| Mia Höhne - Mia Hoehne is a German curler from Fussen who currently plays third on the German national women's curling team skipped by Emira Abbes. |
| Mia Bay is an American historian at the University of Pennsylvania who holds the Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Chair and is known for work on American and African American intellectual and cultural history, including The White Image in the Black Mind and To Tell the Truth Freely. |
| American actress Mia Sara is best known for Ferris Bueller's Day Off, after early roles in All My Children and Legend, later leading Queenie and earning a Saturn Award for Timecop. |
| Mia Emperatriz Montoya Horna, known as Mia Mont, is a Peruvian singer and songwriter best known for performing the Spanish version of Dhoom Machale in the film Dhoom 3. |
| Mia Audina Tjiptawan is a former Indonesian badminton prodigy who clinched the 1994 Uber Cup at age 14, briefly reached world number one in 1996, and later represented the Netherlands. |
