Given name
Miia
Miia is a feminine given name, probably from Swedish. It is used in Finnish and Estonian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Miia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 238
- 0 boys · 238 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,591 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,591 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Miia’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Miia was borrowed from the Swedish form Mia. In Finnish usage, Miia has a related form in MEEA. In Estonian usage, Miia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Mia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Miia
- Miia NuutilaFinnish actressborn 1972
- Miia RannikmäeEstonian chemist, chemistry didactician and university teacher (born 1951)
- Miia NiemiFinnish footballerborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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