Mia (given name)


Mia is a female given name, originating as a hypocoristic of various unrelated names. Mia means 'my', 'mine', or 'bitter'.
It is usually derived from the name Maria and its variants, but it is reportedly also used as a hypocoristic of names such as Amalia, Amelia, Emilia, Emily or Maya.
The name has been popularly associated with the Italian word mia and the Spanish word mía, both meaning 'mine', and also recognized as a derivation from the Slavic word mila, meaning "dear, darling".

Popularity

Long in use as a hypocoristic, Mia is recorded as an officially 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.
Similarly, it reached rank 7 in Australia as of 2013.

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