View Message

Mio and Zinnia
I've seen Mio mentioned a few times on this board in the past few weeks, once on a boy (Swedish) and once on a girl (Japanese). What do you think of it? Which gender did you assume it was when you first saw it? I think it's really pretty on a girl, but I'm not sure if a non-Japanese girl could pull it off.Also, Zinnia is a name that's on my PNL but that I haven't paid much attention to. What are your thoughts on it?
Ambrose, Alfred, Dexter, Dorian, Elias, Felix, Florian, Isaac, Lewis, Maximilian, Niall, Oscar, Rocco, Roman, Sylvain
Alice, Athena, Beatrix, Clementine, Daphne, Eliza, Francine, Iris, January, Margaux, Norma, Octavia, Susanna, Sylvia, Viola

This message was edited 5/7/2017, 5:29 PM

Archived Thread - replies disabled
vote up1

Replies

Mio is used as a boys name here in Sweden. I like it, but my first association is one of my bunnies. Her name is Hermione, but I've always called her Mio (herMIOne)I'm not a fan of Zinnia.
vote up1
Zinnia, yes. Mio, not so much. It's just Italian for "my." And I dislike few names more than that of weak, weak, diminutive Mia. "My name is meeeeeeeee(nasal)eeeeeee----uhhhhhhh."

This message was edited 5/9/2017, 8:12 AM

vote up1
Hi !!!Mio - It is lovely on a Japanese girl.
But unfortunately it is an adjective in Italian (as Mia it means "my, mine").Zinnia - Its sound is too sharp and harsh.
This flower is not familiar to me at all.
vote up1
I like Mio a lot. It used to be in one of my combos (I can't remember which, it was Ada something-long Mio). I think it disappeared off my list but I have to re-add it. For a girl (hopefully obvious for being in a combo with Ada, which I don't care for anymore, not since hearing my mother in law say it out loud). Zinnia's all right, I think I'd be really excited to see it used but something about it doesn't appeal to me personally and keeps it off my list.
vote up1
That's so funny about Ada. I recently got put off of one of my favorites, Dorian, after being introduced to one. He was a perfectly nice guy but the name just sounded so different when on an actual person.
vote up1
Mio seems a name definitely capable of crossing cultures. It seems entirely unisex, and fine for a girl of any color. It is a bit too reminiscent of water flavoring for me. I love Zinnia. Zinn is the most adorable nickname. Zinnia is feminine and beautiful, but not too fluffy.
vote up1
I would assume a Mio was a female. I wouldn't attempt to judge it, since it seems very foreign to me.Zinnia is slightly comical IMO.
vote up1
I would assume Mio was a girl only because I once read something where a Japanese woman was identified as being named Mio. A non-Japanese probably couldn't pull it off, because it would be sure to be mistaken for Mia, and Mio also sounds like a cat meowing. Mia does too, but everybody knows Mia's a name.
Zinnia is a pretty flower but as a name it's hard to picture it on a real person. It's a bit cartoon-animal-ish, like a lovable pink pig or something.
vote up1