Cautionary Wife Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Intrigued by our rising young star's real name - came across this New Year weekend. Wondering if his first name was Lebanese, and did he perhaps take his mother's surname and not that of his father? Looking into 'names' resources, "Mica" appears to be a girl's name in the USA. Maybe it is short for Michah (Hebrew) meaning 'who is similar to god?". Mika I found as a Japanese girl's name, meaning 'The New Moon' - though could be short for Hebrew boys names Mikal or Mikasi. Then there's an Arabian boy's name, Mika'il - angel name (Michael). Also Sunny Monkey mentioned that F1 racing driver, Mika. Seems a little odd to chose the professional name 'Mika', (have to say it suits him entirely), when there is already another artist of that name - electronic techno music. Thoughts? Though I don't want to intrude on privacy - just curious. CW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starsie Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 someone is looking a bit too much into a name!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
River Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 One of my favorite female singers is named Mika Nakashima I also think it's a quite common name in eastern europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnyboy73 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I had a question regarding Mika's name. I live in the U.S., and have not heard his name pronounced on the radio or anything - so I'm curious. Is Mika pronounced "Meek-a" or "Mike-a"? (Hope those two semi-phonetic writings make sense.) I've been referring to him as "Meek-a," but recently realized that it may very well be "Mike-a," like Micah. Thanks, Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoppappop Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 It's "Mee-ka"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funnyboy73 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Thanks. Yay! Glad to know that for once my instincts were correct. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white queen Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 here in Italy is easy the pronunciation of "Mika"...because we have the world "mica" wich means "at all", "in the least", "a bit"...for example the sentence: "he isn't changed a bit", in italian is "non è mica cambiato" so his name is very easy to remeber here in italy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicole Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 One day I just listened to the radio and they pronounced his name wrongly:sneaky2: Because it's a very common name in Finland they said it like "Miga", well the same "g" as in doG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenie87 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 My friend has decided to call him Miko cos she thinks its funny and tries to wind me up about it. Silly girl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcenciel Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 and my mother calls him "moka" because it's the name of the cat we once had !! I wish mika was my cat though !!! :mf_lustslow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10am Girl Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 lol, u wish Mika was ur cat. I dunno why but that made me laugh a lot haha. Okay, I'll leave now lol Linds xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sity Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Because it's a very common name in Finland they said it like "Miga", well the same "g" as in doG. Why did they say it like that? In Finland the name Mika is said correctly "Mika", there's no "g" as in "dog" just "k" as in... "Mika"! It's true, Mika is a everyday male's name in Finland and it's even pronounced the same way as MIKA should be! It would be odd to most of the finnish people to meet a girl named Mika! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantastic Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 One of my favorite female singers is named Mika Nakashima I also think it's a quite common name in eastern europe. everytime I search for Mika she comes up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnFa Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 The meaning doesn't matter. Just take some letters, and don't care what people think. Many people are having the same names anyway.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean_Fairy Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 My friend has decided to call him Miko cos she thinks its funny and tries to wind me up about it. Silly girl! My friend calls him that too, to wind me up! It is irittating:thumbdown: Miko really what the hell?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnFa Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 lol, like that racoon.. Mico the singing racoon! I think Mica/Mika is a beautiful name. It's something I would call my child Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my_rainbow_radio Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 lol, like that racoon.. Mico the singing racoon!I think Mica/Mika is a beautiful name. It's something I would call my child If I ever have a boy when I get older it'd be in my top names for him. It's a lovely name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnFa Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Yeah, isn't it? Where I am, it wouldn't sound weird.. But I'm moving to London some day anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curly Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Mika/Mica is actually short for Micheal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnFa Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I would never ever never ever call y kid Michael.. It's too normal, and too christian anyways! Back too topic.. Arent there several celebs with the same name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 It is Michael really I read somewhere that he changed Mica to Mika so that it is easier to pronounce (?) but I think he is clever to use this name : it is short, easy to remember and without fuss, certainly a name one does not easily forget! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel_tinydancer Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 i love the name Michael. i don't quite understand why he changed his name to a girls name but i love it. my dad calls him "Schmika" cause he insists on having some sort of crude nickname for every person on the earth, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 i love the name Michael. i don't quite understand why he changed his name to a girls name but i love it. my dad calls him "Schmika" cause he insists on having some sort of crude nickname for every person on the earth, haha. I love that, tell he's top! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mika_lover Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 and my mother calls him "moka" because it's the name of the cat we once had !! I wish mika was my cat though !!! :mf_lustslow: I wish Mika was my cat, he could lay on my bed and I could stroke him all night:mf_lustslow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Wikipedia says: Mica Penniman (born 18 August 1983, Michael Holbrook Penniman), known by his stage name Mika (IPA [ˈmiːkə])... Wikipedia in Dutch says: Mika komt uit een gezin met 5 kinderen. Hij heeft 1 broer (Fortuné) en 3 zussen (Paloma, Yasmine en Allegra) Mika is de middelste van de 5. In een interview zegt Mika dat zijn broer en zussen allemaal exotische namen hebben, bijvoorbeeld zijn zus Paloma (duif) en zijn broer Fortuné (geluk). 'Helaas' werd hij opgezadeld met de naam Mica wat hetzelfde als plastic tas in het Marokkaans betekent. ("curse of the middle child!") I'll try to make a translation (it's already late, so I apologize for any errors): Mika comes from a family of five. He has one brother (Fortuné) and three sisters (Paloma, Yasmine and Allegra). Mika is the middle child. In an interview Mika says that his brother and sisters all have exotic names, like Paloma (dove) and Fortuné (fortune). 'Unfortunately' he was saddled up with the name Mica, which means 'plastic bag' in Moroccan ('curse of the middle child!'). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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