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Mia

MEE-uh in English; vowel length and stress vary across European languages

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The story carried by Mia

A diminutive of Maria. It also coincides with the Italian word mia, “mine,” but that coincidence is not its established origin.

2025 U.S. snapshot

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Its path since 2000

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