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in reply to a message by Siri
my latin teacher told me that when i told her my name's Mia ;o)
and it might no exist *as a name* in greece, but it does come from greek! besides, you can find it the list of orthodox names, so it couldn;t have come form latin.
the same goes for the name Una, only different origin
and it might no exist *as a name* in greece, but it does come from greek! besides, you can find it the list of orthodox names, so it couldn;t have come form latin.
the same goes for the name Una, only different origin
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WAT DOSE MY NAME MEAN
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You, or your teacher, are mixing real etymology with folk etymology and linguistic coincidences.
Mia is a nickname of Maria in a lot of languages wich as experimented success as full name, among other reasons, because it coincides with the Spanish and Italian word mía/mia, "mine", an attractive meaning for a baby name (just as Nere/Nerea in Basque). But this is a coincidence, just it, not the real etymology; if someones says "Mia comes from Latin/Spanish/Italian and means ", this is a folk etymology.
The coincidence with a Greek word meaning "one" is another coincidence (and perhaps in Greece someone is using Mia for this coincidence), but not the etym of the name.
The presence in lists of orthodox names has nothing to do with etymology. According to your logics, David is Greek (and not Hebrew) because it appears in orthodox names lists, e.g.
http://www.faliraki-info.com/greek-culture/orthodox.names.htm
If a name appears in these lists, this means that this name is acceptable as name to Orthodox Christians. Just as if a name appears in catholic names lists, this doesn't mean that this name is from Latin origin (the official saints' names list is still in Latin because the official Vatican documents are in Latin).
And theachers, we, sometimes err (specially if we speak about a very specific subject as onomastics and we aren't onomastics specialists).
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
Mia is a nickname of Maria in a lot of languages wich as experimented success as full name, among other reasons, because it coincides with the Spanish and Italian word mía/mia, "mine", an attractive meaning for a baby name (just as Nere/Nerea in Basque). But this is a coincidence, just it, not the real etymology; if someones says "Mia comes from Latin/Spanish/Italian and means ", this is a folk etymology.
The coincidence with a Greek word meaning "one" is another coincidence (and perhaps in Greece someone is using Mia for this coincidence), but not the etym of the name.
The presence in lists of orthodox names has nothing to do with etymology. According to your logics, David is Greek (and not Hebrew) because it appears in orthodox names lists, e.g.
http://www.faliraki-info.com/greek-culture/orthodox.names.htm
If a name appears in these lists, this means that this name is acceptable as name to Orthodox Christians. Just as if a name appears in catholic names lists, this doesn't mean that this name is from Latin origin (the official saints' names list is still in Latin because the official Vatican documents are in Latin).
And theachers, we, sometimes err (specially if we speak about a very specific subject as onomastics and we aren't onomastics specialists).
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
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