Behind the Name: pupcake9798's Personal Name List

Jaime 2

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English

Pronounced: JAY-mee

Rating: 42% based on 19 votes

Variant of Jamie. The character Jaime Sommers from the television series The Bionic Woman (1976-1978) helped to popularize the name. It can sometimes be given in reference to the French phrase j'aime meaning "I love", though it is pronounced differently.

Mia

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Italian, Slovene, Croatian, English

Pronounced: MEE-ah(Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) MEE-a(Dutch, German, Italian) MEE-ə(English)

Rating: 45% based on 19 votes

Diminutive of Maria. It coincides with the Italian word mia meaning "mine".

This name was common in Sweden and Denmark in the 1970s [1]. It rose in popularity in the English-speaking world in the 1990s, entering the top ten for girls in the United States in 2009. It was also popular in many other countries at that time. Famous bearers include American actress Mia Farrow (1945-) and American soccer player Mia Hamm (1972-), birth names Maria and Mariel respectively.