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Minerva
Artemis
Mercury
Hermione
Emilia
Mildred
Milicent
Ermengilde
Myrna
Myrtle

Mariah Carey.

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(See The Emancipation of Mimi.)

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That said, I've seen this used as a nickname for a wide variety of names beginning with "M" - Maria, Miriam, Mary, Melanie, Melissa, Matilda, Madeleine...

Naomi or Noemi.

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Artemisia
Amelia

This message was edited 6/6/2025, 3:11 PM

My cat's name is Sabrina and that turned into Mimi somehow.

Melanie, Maria, Michelle, Millie, or Minnie

Mireia, Emilia, Meredith, Elmira, Minerva, Artemis, Medora, Demeter, Millicent, Tomiris, Midori, Amity, Merope, Hermina, Ludmilla.

Amy
Mamie
Naomi
Esme
Emmy

Margaret Mary and Mireille are two real life Mimis known to me.

There is a C-List Marvel villain-turned-superhero called Screaming Mimi (now Songbird). Real name is Melissa Gold.
Mimi is not as common a nickname as Missy, but I've heard it used for Melissa once or twice.

Miriam, Minnie, Millicent, Mildred, Michelle, Mary, Maria, Marie, Miley, Miranda, Wilhelmina, Mindy, Mirabella, Melissa, Misty, Amelia, Emilia, Jamie, Amira, Cosmina, Dominique, Lakshmi, Naomi, Tamika

Maria, Marielle, Mirabel, Miana, Nima?

I've known two Mimi's. One is Marie, and the other is Imari.
Any name with a mee sound, basically. Amina, Wilhelmina, Camila, Amelia, Miriam .. plus Mary, Marina, Michelle.

Anything containing "mi": Millicent, Minerva, Miriam, Mildred, Artemisia, Artemidora, Erasmia, Minodora, Mimosa, Flaminia, etc.

This message was edited 6/5/2025, 4:18 PM

Microdora (a terrier we have) “Mimi”

The only Mimi I've known was a Miriam; just about any version of Mary would do just as well, and so would Miranda, Melinda etc.