Mia in Korean 미아
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Mia as 미아: two syllables, said mi-a. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Mia letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㅇ at the top of 아 is silent, so 아 is just the vowel: a.
- Two even beats, mi-a: Korean doesn't stress one syllable over the other the way English does.
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables, so 미아 already sounds natural to Korean ears. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 미아 or 미아 씨.
미아 is also the Korean word for a lost child (迷兒). Koreans notice, but it's still a well-liked name.
Why it's spelled 미아
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 미아, the same spelling Korean media use.
Type Mia on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 미아 is the jamo ㅁㅣ ㅇㅏ, typed with the keys al dk. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Mia in Korean?
Mia is written 미아 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: mia). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has two syllables: 미 + 아.
How do you pronounce Mia in Korean?
Say it mi-a, with even weight on every syllable. ㅇ at the top of 아 is silent, so 아 is just the vowel: a.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.