Baby girl name Nia

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What are your thoughts on the name Nia?
Is it considered dated?
DH is from Wales, now living near London. Thanks for your views!

Awww love this, think it's short & sweet

Love it! I know a couple of Nias and they are both lovely people. They're both in their 40s so it may well be a bit dated.

Ambiguity in pronunciation: knee a or nigh a.
She will get fed up.of correcting people

Never met anyone called Nia, I don't think it sounds dated at all. It sounds really pretty!

I know dozens of them, mostly my age. It's a nice name, and is the Welsh equivalent of Niamh.

Pronunciation is NEE-ah (like Mia but with an N not M).

I like it. Less common than Mia and just a bit unusual.

It’s like calling someone the word near. Fun when you teach a class full of girls called Mia, Nia and Tia!

Beautiful. Is it Nee-uh?

Nia and far, wherever you are. I believe that the heart does go on

That must be your accent. In mine Nia and near sound totally different.

Like it.
Hopefully a longer second name tho.

Nia is a lovely name, I know quite a few including a couple of children. Not too popular and easy to pronounce.

I love the name Nia - go for it!

A very nice Welsh name, good choice

I don’t think it can be dated - the sound is too close to popular Mia for that. And it is similar to classic Nina too. But I must admit, despite living in Wales for several decades now I’ve only met one Nia and she was in her 30’s or 40’s.

Most of the young girls here at the moment seem to either have popular English names (Evie, Ava, Poppy, Amelia, Lily etc) or if Welsh ones they are things like Seren, Eira, Efa, Alys and Nansi (ie. either modern Welsh names or sometimes just Welsh spellings of “English” names).

I really do like Nia though, short, simple, pretty and easily works both sides of the border.

It’s a beautiful name, go for it.

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My friend named her daughter the same. Lovely!

@Alexandrine , it probably depends where you lived in Wales.
It's not dated in bad way.
Famous ones:
Nia Griffith - Wikipedia
Nia Roberts (presenter) - Wikipedia
Nia Parry - Wicipedia
Nia Caron - Wikipedia (Anita in Pobol y Cwm)

If I didn’t know the name was Welsh, I would think it another Mia/ Thea/ Tia type name which are everywhere atm. This put me off it personally. But it is a cute name!

It is tainted for me by the Mia/Thea/Gia type trend, but if OP wants a pretty and uncomplicated Welsh name, it's fine.
It was the 328th most registered girl's name in England & Wales last year. (Jointly with Amayah, Hawa and Nicole.)

Nia (given name) - Wikipedia - it's also a name in other cultures.

I like it a lot.
Expect some folk to mis-read it as the more common Mia though.

I love it. Went to school with two Nias in the 90s, and now know a 7-year-old one.

So much nicer than the boringly ubiquitous nothing of à name that is Mia.

Thanks everyone.
DD has not long been born and I am so in my head about the name.
I loved Nia throughout the pregnancy because of the Welsh heritage, short and cute. Not one of the super popular names.

But now I've been worried that she will constantly face 'near' jokes and when we go back to Wales it's only associated with older generations.

So its been good to hear your thoughts!

@ThisTwinklyTaupeLurker , you love it, use it.
If your DH isn't from a Welsh-speaking area, it won't seem dated at all, and even if he is it is still a pretty name, so don't worry about that.

Llongyfarchiadau a chroeso cynnes i Nia fach!

(Congratulations and a warm welcome to little Nia!)

Not if you pronounce it the same way as Ria, Mia, Sia, Tia and Pia