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I sort of like it but...all I can think of is of the brand (the liquid water enhancer flavor) and the fact that it sounds like a name given to a kitten/cat as it kinda sounds like a meow/mew.

I could see Mikael "Mio".

It wouldn't work in Italy or in Spanish-speaking countries, but in Sweden, why not? I think it's rather cute. A friend of mine has a niece called Momo, from Michael Ende's book (it also means "peach" in Japanese).

Matteo? It's a stretch, but why not; the M and the O are in there.
Or use a back-form, e.g. Jeremy > Jeremio > Mio, there are a few names that works for
Or if he looks, or somehow reminds you of Mio in the book, it would be a fun nn whatever his actual name was.

I can’t really get past the fact it means “mine” in my native language and it’s typically a name given to pets.

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Not sure about nicknames that aren’t a massive stretch.

Morino, Mordecai , Milo, or Moxie? any name with Mio in it
oh and Mino, or Minnow, or Maximo? and I look some up
Mico, Mortin, Maliko, Makario, Morris, Milton, Mauricio, Mariano, Milano, Americo, Madison, Makaio, Manolito, Maolmin, Mario, Marion, Marmion, Marvino, Massimo,
Maurizio, Meino, Melchior, Milborn, Merlion, Michelangelo, Miklos, Miko, Milos, Miloslav, Minoru, Mjolnir, Modi,
Moki, Montaigu, Morrison, Moricz, Morrisey, Morillo, Morelli, Mosi,
that is all i could find, have fun picking out a name,

Mio is a popular drink flavoring in the US so that’s what I think of immediately.

Re a nickname-you almost wouldn't need one,as it's a short name. You might have to wait until one evolved naturally.
(I have several relatives on my mother's side of the family who have that kind of nicknames. One is my uncle Edgar, always called T.T. I don't know why, though there must have ben a reason.)

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I didn't realize your due date was so close! Though you must feel that it's a long way yet. :-)

Hi Ninor !!

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Unfortunately I have no ties with Astrid Lindgren's story so I don't know its character.

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As for Mia, Mio means'my,mine' in Italian.
I can keep Mia in my list because It is a nice variant of Maria but Mio has not this other tie so...not my cup of tea.

It’s cute, I think. if I heard it on someone around me (in the Us) I would probably assume they were Hispanic. A lot of my Hispanic friends call my sons and theirs, mi hijo-prounounced just like Mio, basically, as they talk so fast.( Means my son)

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I can only think of one name for it to be a a nickname for, Milo, if you pronounce it Mee-low. I’ve heard Milo pronounced My-low and Mee-low, so if you said it with a long e, I could see Milo becoming a nickname from that.