Mija

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Mija is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English41%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Mija in English.

• Spanish20%

  contraction of mi hija (“my daughter”): sweetie, daughter, baby girl, little one

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Croatian8.2%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Mija in Croatian.

• Polish5.5%

  third-person singular present of mijać

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Korean5.3%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Mija in Korean.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Mija is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Mi-Ja, Mijã, Mïjä

• Russian given name86 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Türkiye

  Languages: Russian, Croatian, Uzbek

  Also written Мия, Mia, Миа, Miya, Miia

• Korean given name12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in South Korea, United States, Canada, Malaysia

  Also written 미자, Mi-Ja, Meeja, Miza, Mee-Ja

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Mi-Ja

53 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Mija is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In kxd, table (item of furniture)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Maltese, hundred (absolute form)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Portuguese, a piss, a leak

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In dtp, table

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Mija Jovanovićb. 1907RSSerbian association football player (1907-1982)
• Mija Aleksićb. 1923RSSerbian actor, humorist (1923–1995)
• Mija Kalanb. 1927SISlovenian journalist
• Mija Kinningb. 1967SESwedish television presenter
• Mija Martinab. 1985BABosnia and Herzegovina singer
• Mija BlaganjeSIresearcher
• Mija SadarSIresearcher
• Mija KenigSIresearcher
• Mija KovačSIresearcher
• Mija TopličanecSIresearcher

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Is Mija a male or female name?

Mija is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Slovenia (stat.si Imena rojstva), United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Poland (dane.gov.pl) and Norway (SSB).

What does the name Mija mean, and where does it come from?

contraction of mi hija (“my daughter”): sweetie, daughter, baby girl, little one Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Mija?

In the etymology graph, Maria, Mary and Marie are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Mija?

In Spanish /ˈmi.xa/ (Wiktionary).

In which country does Mija have the most bearers?

In Slovenia, the national register counted about 1.2 thousand people named Mija, more than in any other country we hold.

Where is Mija most common?

Mija is densest in Slovenia, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.7 thousand people carrying it.

How common is the name Mija?

In Slovenia, the national register counted 1,220 people named Mija in 2025, about 1 in 1.7 thousand residents.