How to Say “Mia” in Japanese

ミア
Mia
ミア is the Japanese way to say the female given name Mia.
ミア is used as a female given name.

How do you pronounce it?

Mia

Did you know?

  • While ミア is a phonetic transcription, parents choosing this name for a Japanese child often assign kanji characters to it to give it a specific meaning, such as 美 for 'beauty' and 亜 for 'Asia'.
  • In Japanese pop culture, names written in Katakana like ミア are often used to signal that a character is an outsider or from another world.
  • If a Japanese person is named ミア, they might use an 'honorific' like ミアちゃん to sound cute or ミアさん to be polite, as using the name alone can be seen as overly blunt.

Examples in context

  • ジェフとミアは何とか離婚だけは避けようと必死になっている。
    Jeff and Mia are making a last ditch effort to avoid a divorce.
    This sentence shows how to use ミア in a sentence describing a situation involving Jeff and Mia.
    Tatoeba #216386 by mookeee, translation #53690 by CN
  • ミアは私の親友です。
    Mia is my best friend.
  • 初めまして、ミアさん。
    Nice to meet you, Mia.
  • ミアはとても親切な人です。
    Mia wa totemo shinsetsu na hito desu.
    Mia is a very kind person.
  • ミアさんはどこに住んでいますか?
    Mia-san wa doko ni sunde imasu ka?
    Where does Mia live?

Example conversation

Hiroto and Yui are talking about a new classmate.

  1. 大翔 Hiroto

    新しい転校生の名前は何?
    Atarashii tenkousei no namae wa nani?
    What is the new transfer student's name?
  2. 結衣 Yui

    彼女の名前はミアだよ。
    Kanojo no namae wa Mia da yo.
    Her name is Mia.
  3. 大翔 Hiroto

    ミアか、いい名前だね。
    Mia ka, ii namae da ne.
    Mia, huh? That's a nice name.
  4. 結衣 Yui

    うん、とても可愛い名前だよね。
    Un, totemo kawaii namae da yo ne.
    Yeah, it's a very cute name.

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