Mia’s Notebook: Personalized Journal for Mia
Mia's Notebook puts her name front and center, written in flowing script across a soft watercolor apple blossom design.
- 160 lined pages
- 6" x 9" paperback
- Watercolor apple blossom cover with "Mia's Notebook" on the front
- Printed and shipped by Amazon
Mia: meaning and origin
Mia began as a diminutive of Maria, Behind the Name explains, and it happens to match the Italian word mia, “mine”. Wikipedia says it can also be short for names like Amelia and Emilia, and that it was rarely used on its own before the 20th century. Behind the Name says it was common in Sweden and Denmark in the 1970s and rose in the English-speaking world in the 1990s. Two of its famous bearers have longer birth names: Mia Farrow was born Maria and Mia Hamm was born Mariel.
Nicknames and variants
Mia is already tiny, so its relatives are other short forms of Maria. Behind the Name lists Maja, Majken and My as Swedish variants and Maj as a diminutive, and the Dutch Mieke and Marieke. Wikipedia notes that Mia is often confused with Maia and Maya, and that Mya has been used as a spelling of all three.
Famous people named Mia
Mia Hamm played for the US national soccer team from 1987 to 2004, winning the World Cup in 1991 and 1999 and Olympic gold in 1996 and 2004. Mia Farrow first gained notice in the TV soap Peyton Place and won international acclaim in Rosemary’s Baby (1968). And Australian actress Mia Wasikowska gained worldwide recognition as Alice in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland (2010).
Is Mia a popular name?
Mia is a 21st-century hit. US Social Security data has it entering the girls’ top 200 at 200th in the 1990s, then jumping to 26th in the 2000s and 6th in the 2010s, when more than 129,000 American girls were named Mia. Wikipedia says it has been among the 10 most popular names for American girls every year since 2009.
Mia trivia
Mia may owe its American start to a misheard love song. Wikipedia says English speakers likely took the Mia in song titles like “Rosa Mia” (1938) and the 1954 hit “Cara Mia” for a woman’s name. Mia then entered the US top 1,000 in 1964, the year Mia Farrow debuted on Peyton Place.
Gift ideas that suit a Mia
- For a soccer player. Game notes and goals, in honor of Mia Hamm.
- For an ABBA fan. Wikipedia says the 1975 hit “Mamma Mia” gave the name a boost.
- For a Princess Diaries fan. Royal plans, for a name shared with Mia Thermopolis.
- For back to school. Mia has been a US top-10 name since 2009.
How Mia can use it
Any Mia, of any age. The 6" x 9" size is roomy enough for proper writing and small enough for a handbag or school bag. With 160 plain lined pages there’s no fixed layout, so it can be a diary, a gratitude journal, a study notebook, a recipe book or a home for to-do lists. Notebooks tend to multiply in drawers, but one with her name on the front is instantly hers.
The little things that make it hers
There’s something about seeing your own name in print. It makes a notebook feel like it belongs to you, which is a good reason to fill it. It also means Mia can pick hers out of a pile in a second, at school, at work or on the kitchen counter.
Frequently asked questions
How big is Mia’s Notebook? About the size of a trade paperback book: 6 x 9 inches (15.2 x 22.9 cm), 160 lined pages.
Where do I buy it? It’s sold on Amazon in the US, Australia and the UK. Amazon prints and ships each copy and handles delivery and returns.
Do you have other names? Yes, the same apple blossom design comes in hundreds of girls’ names. Start at all name notebooks or our personalized name notebooks guide.
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