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Mia (given Name)
Mia is a feminine given name, originating as a hypocoristic of various unrelated names. It is usually derived from the name Maria and its variants (Miriam, Maryam, Mary), but it is reportedly also used as a hypocoristic of names such as Amalia, Amelia, Emilia, Emily, Salome (Solomia) or Maya. The name has been popularly associated with the Italian word and the Spanish word , both meaning 'mine', and also recognized as a derivation from the Slavic word , meaning "dear, darling". Popularity Long in use as a hypocoristic, ''Mia'' is recorded as an officially given name in the United States in the 1960s, and it rose to popularity in the 1990s to 2010s, from rank 316 in 1994 to rank 30 in 2004 and further to rank 6 in 2013–2015. Similarly, it reached rank 7 in Australia as of 2013. Notable individuals Given name * Mia Alvar, Filipino-American writer based in New York * Mia Boman (born 1975), Swedish curler and curling coach * Mia Brownell (born 1971), American vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Boman
Maria "Mia" Boman (born in Sveg, Sweden as Maria "Mia" Zackrisson) is a Swedish curler and curling coach. She is a and 1999 Swedish women's champion curler. As a coach of Swedish wheelchair curling team she participated in 2018 Winter Paralympics ) , nations = 49 , athletes = 569 , events = 80 in 6 sports , opening = 9 March , closing = 18 March , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Eun-jung Seo Soon-seok , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic .... Teams Record as a coach of national teams References External links * * * * Living people 1975 births People from Härjedalen Swedish female curlers Swedish curling champions Swedish curling coaches {{Sweden-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Newley
Mia Suzanne Murray (''née Newley'', born 4 August 1988) is an Australian women's basketball player, who has represented the country at both junior and senior levels.Women's National Basketball League. Player ProfileMia Murray Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 2015-12-16. She began going by her married name, Mia Murray, in 2015.''Newley name still going strong for Townsville basketball'' (5 July 2015). Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved 2015-12-16. Biography Murray commenced playing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) in 2006. Since then, Murray has played ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Mottley
Mia Amor Mottley, (born 1 October 1965) is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold either position. She is also Barbados' first prime minister under its republican system, following constitutional changes she introduced that abolished the country's constitutional monarchy. Mottley has been the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Saint Michael North East since 1994. From 1994 to 2008, she held a succession of ministerial portfolios including the post of Attorney-General of Barbados becoming the first woman to be appointed as such. She is also a member of the Inter-American Dialogue. Mottley was twice the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Assembly of Barbados first from 2008 to 2010 then from 2013 to 2018. In 2018, the Mottley-led BLP won a historic landslide victory in the 24 May general election, sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Michaels
Mia Michaels Melchiona (known professionally as Mia Michaels; born February 22, 1966) is an American choreographer and judge on the television show ''So You Think You Can Dance''. She has worked with Tom Cruise, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, Madonna, Ricky Martin, Prince, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. In 2005 she choreographed Cirque du Soleil's world tour Delirium and Celine Dion's A New Day...,Bill Keveney (07/20/2005), "It takes 50 to tango, etc., on Fox's 'Dance'". ''USA Today''. (07347456) for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. In 2007 she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for her routine on "Calling You" during season two of ''So You Think You Can Dance''. She won another Emmy Award during season five in 2010.Academy of Television Arts & Sciences She was a judge during season 7 with Adam Shankman and Nigel Lythgoe. She choreographed the dance sequence for "Get Happy" in the episode "Bombshells" of the television series ''House''. Early life Mia Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia May
Mia May (born Hermine Pfleger; 2 June 1884 – 28 November 1980) was an Austrian actress. She was married to the Austrian film producer and director Joe May and appeared in 44 films between 1912 and 1924. Her daughter was the actress Eva May. Biography Mia May was born Hermine Pfleger on 2 June 1884 in Vienna, the daughter of Johann Pfleger, a baker, and Albine Pfleger (née. Steinfelder). Her older sister, Maria (1879–1958), who acted under the stage name Mitzi Telmont, was the second wife of the comedian Heinrich Eisenbach. She made her stage debut at Jantsch Theater at the age of 5, playing child roles until she was 14. She continued her stage career as a teenager, taking on the stage name Herma Angelot, and appearing at the Apollo Theater as an actress and singer. While attending high school, she began receiving ballet lessons from Louise Übermasser. In 1902, she married Julius Otto Mandl, and seven weeks later gave birth to their daughter Eva Maria Mandl. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Mamede
Maria Eugênia "Mia" Mamede (born 24 October 1995) is a Brazilian model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned 67th Miss Universe Brasil and was the first woman from her state (Espírito Santo) to win Miss Brazil. As Miss Brazil, Mamede represented Brazil at the Miss Universe 2022 competition, but was failed to placed in Top 16. Pageantry Miss Brazil 2022 Mamede represented Vitória in the 2022 Miss Espírito Santo competition, and went on to win the title. As Miss Espírito Santo, Mamede received the right to represent Espírito Santo at the Miss Brazil 2022 pageant on July 19, 2022. In the competition, Mamede advanced to the top sixteen, then the top ten, and ultimately the top five. At the end of the event, Mamede went on to win the competition and was crowned as Miss Universe Brazil 2022 by outgoing titleholder Teresa Santos of Ceará, becoming the first woman from Espírito Santo to win Miss Brazil. Miss Universe 2022 Mamede represented Brazil at the Miss U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Kirshner
Mia Kirshner (born January 25, 1975) is a Canadian actress, writer and social activist. She is known for television roles as Mandy in '' 24'' (2001–2005), as Jenny Schecter in ''The L Word'' (2004–2009), as Amanda Grayson in '' Star Trek: Discovery'' (2017–2019), and as Isobel Flemming in ''The Vampire Diaries'' (2010-2011). Her film credits include ''Love and Human Remains'' (1993), ''Exotica'' (1994), '' The Crow: City of Angels'' (1996), '' Mad City'' (1997), ''Not Another Teen Movie'' (2001) and ''The Black Dahlia'' (2006). Early life Kirshner was born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of Etti (Henrietta), a teacher, and Sheldon Kirshner, a journalist who wrote for ''The Canadian Jewish News''. Kirshner is a granddaughter of Holocaust survivors; her father was born in the displaced persons camp at Bad Reichenhall in Germany in 1946, and met Kirshner's mother, a Bulgarian Jewish refugee, after they escaped to Israel. Kirshner's paternal grandparents were Polish Jew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Kilburg
Mia Kilburg (née Manganello; born October 27, 1989) is an American speed skater and professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She is an Olympic bronze medalist in long track speed skating. Speed skating career After nearly qualifying for the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kilburg qualified for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Along with teammates Heather Bergsma and Brittany Bowe, Kilburg won bronze in the team pursuit at the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang. The medal was U.S. speed skating's first Olympic medal since 2010. Kilburg again qualified for the 2022 Winter Olympics in the mass start event. Cycling career Kilburg is also a professional cyclist, riding for the team. She won the points classification at the 2015 Redlands Bicycle Classic. See also *List of 2016 UCI Women's Teams and riders Listed below are the UCI Women's Teams that compete in 2016 women's road cycling events organized by the International Cycling Union ( UCI), including the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Khalifa
Mia Khalifa (; ar, ميا خليفة, Miyа̄ Ḵalīfah; born 1993) is a Lebanese-American media personality and former pornographic film actress and webcam model. She began acting in pornography in October 2014, becoming the most viewed performer on Pornhub in two months. Her career choice was met with controversy in the Middle East, especially for a video in which she performed sexual acts while wearing a hijab. Early life Born in Lebanon and raised Catholic in what she describes as a "very conservative" home, Khalifa attended a French-language private school in Beirut, where she also learned to speak English. She moved with her family to the United States in 2001, leaving their home in the wake of the South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000), South Lebanon conflict. After moving to the United States, her family lived in Montgomery County, Maryland, where she played lacrosse in high school. She has said she was bullied at school for being "the darkest and weirdest girl there", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Hamm
Mariel Margaret Hamm-Garciaparra (; born March 17, 1972) is an American retired professional soccer player, two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion. Hailed as a soccer icon, she played as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team from 1987 to 2004. Hamm was the face of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA), the first professional women's soccer league in the United States, where she played for the Washington Freedom from 2001 to 2003. She played college soccer for the North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team and helped the team win four consecutive NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship titles. During her tenure with the national team, Hamm competed in four FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments: the inaugural 1991 in China, 1995 in Sweden, 1999 and 2003 in the United States. She led the team at three Olympic Games, including: 1996 in Atlanta (the first time women's soccer was played), 2000 in Sydney, and 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Hagman
Mia Hagman (born August 18, 1979 in Helsinki, Finland) is a retired female breaststroke swimmer from Finland. Hagman competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Her best result was a 14th place with the women's 4×100 m medley relay team at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ..., alongside Minna Salmela, Anu Koivisto, and Marja Pärssinen. ReferencesProfile 1979 births Living people Finnish female breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Finland Swimmers from Helsinki {{Finland-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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