Mia

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1. Meek or nice?

1. If not standalone, nn for which names?

1. I it pronounced Meeya? or is there no 'y'

1. Is it too similar Meow? (as stupid as hat sounds written down)

I think it can be pronounced either m-ee-a or m-I-a. I like it, don’t think it needs to be as a nickname for anything. Someone else was asking about this name a few weeks ago

1. Meek or nice?
Overused to the point of being dull

2. If not standalone, nn for which names?
Maria

3. I it pronounced Meeya? or is there no 'y'
Me-ah or Mere

4. Is it too similar Meow? (as stupid as hat sounds written down)
No

I'd pronounce it Mee-ah (My-ah I'd spell Maya). I like it! Never connected it with meow.

Also there's Pia which is pronounced Pee-ah. Never heard it pronounced Pie-ah, so again Mia pronounced Mee-ah.

Too meek, too meh, too many of them, and two different pronunciations - my-ah is more popular than mee-ah

I’d find something else personally

I prefer Mya as MIA is Missing In Action. And also hard to know how to pronounce

Overused and boring.

Overused.

Overused and very bland. It's soft and pretty, there's no strength to it.

I wonder if the rebound from it being overused will mean it is actually not that widely used if that makes sense.

Overused so sounds a bit "blah" imo, sorry - but the benefit of it being so popular means most people know it is pronounced Mee -ah and it is easy to spell.

You could go for less common soundalikes Nia, Gia or Zia (all names in there own right from different origins - Welsh, Italian and Arabic respectively).

Or you could use Mia as a nickname for the perennial classic Maria, or the Shakespearean Marina or Mariana, or even the Austeneque Marianne - all sound more interesting and elegant to me personally than Mia on the BC.

their not there, apologies for the grammar mistake!

DB called his cat Mia.

I know two and they are both Mee-a. I don't think of meow and I think it's a stand alone name. It's a name I adore and think it fits all ages beautifully, so I hate that it is now falling into the meh/overused/bland categories in people's opinion.

Mia = mine in Spanish and Italian

Its quite over used, and one of the Mia's I know is a right bully bossy boots, so it puts me off right away.

I like it, would have been ds name if he was a girl

I’m sorry. I cannot stand the name. I know 3 and they are all a nightmare.

Maria however I love. But I know a miiiiya. And 2 meeeyas. It’s so common now

Really overused, very dull.

I've never come across a Mia. I teach primary and have two children under 3. I'd agree there are a lot of similar name at the moment though - Mayas and Mylas and the like. I quite like Mia (Mee-a) though! Name your baby what you want OP. I thought too much about others' opinions with my first and didn't with my second - like my second born's name so much more!

I’ve only ever known one Mia & she is in her early forties now , a beautiful lady , friend of my aunt. I really like it .