Message: "Mia" - Behind the Name

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Mia

by Puck (BBH)

7/29/2015, 9:21 AM

in reply to a message by Onyx the Obsidian

Enough said.

It's also a very annoying name, and sounds horrid.

This message was edited 7/29/2015, 10:04 AM

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- Ew_Chloe (New_Chloe)

7/30/2015, 6:42 AM

I never thought of Mia as low class before. Interesting... I only think of (1960's) Mia Farrow when I think of it, and I do like her. I both enjoy Mia and find it insubstantial. I prefer Maia by miles.

What about Mia as a short for of Maria? Still trashy?

- Constant

7/29/2015, 3:14 PM

Mia sounds short and sweet. I picture a cute little girl when I hear it. Maybe you have encountered too many. It does seem to be a highly popular name like Olivia and Sophia.

- Elec Fan (guest)

7/29/2015, 10:02 AM

I'm not sure that I'd (personally) call Mia low class, but I do think that it's faux-high-class and too try-hard cheerful. I feel like I'd like it much more as a nickname than a full name.

- Billina +1

7/29/2015, 9:48 AM

I like Mia. I think it's adorable.

- Onyx the Obsidian (ninjato)

7/29/2015, 9:50 AM

Same here. I envision a hyperactive girl having such a name. Maybe it's too much Fire Emblem.

- Onyx the Obsidian (ninjato) +9

7/29/2015, 9:48 AM

What makes Mia that? I can see the corrupted spellings like Miya or Mya, but not the proper spelling.

- Puck (BBH) +8

7/29/2015, 9:50 AM

It just strikes me as tacky, even the spelling Mia. I cannot imagine someone with class using the name.

- Mireio (Anna21) +2

7/29/2015, 10:42 AM

I don't like the name either, but the Queen of England has a great-granddaughter named Mia, and I guess people consider the Royal Family to be 'classy'.

- Billina +1

7/29/2015, 10:47 AM

Kate Winslet named her daughter Mia. Don't know if people think she's classy, but she's classier than, say, the Kardashians (who would probably spell it with a 'K', yet still pronounce it Mia).

- queenv

7/29/2015, 12:21 PM

It's so ridiculously subjective. I don't like Mia, but I would never say it's "low-class" somehow. Totally fail to see that.

- Onyx the Obsidian (ninjato) +4

7/29/2015, 9:51 AM

Sort of the problem I see with the name Brandy?

- Puck (BBH) +3

7/29/2015, 9:53 AM

I think everyone shares that view of Brandy.

- queenv +1

7/29/2015, 12:20 PM

Not the parents of my daughter's high school friend. I doubt they were thinking, "We have no 'class' so let's show the world!" when they named her Brandy.

This topic is so distasteful.

- Tassiegirl

7/30/2015, 10:52 AM

Yet, I see we are discussing it.

And what's "class", anyway? I think it's more shown in character, and politeness under stress.

I wonder why Brandy, and not Vodka? Or Whisky? If an "i" ending is desirable, Whiski would work.
I had a school-mate named Sherry.

- Joiya

7/29/2015, 10:18 AM

I have a doctor with the first name Brandy.

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