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Mimi (given name)

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Mimi is a feminine given name and a shorter form (hypocorism) of the given names Michelle, Miriam, María or Mary.

Nicknames, stage names, and code names

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  • Mimi, the code name for Yvonne Fontaine (1913–1996), a member of the French Resistance working with the Special Operations Executive
  • Mimi, nickname of American R&B musician Mariah Carey, source of the title of her 2005 album The Emancipation of Mimi
  • Mimi, stage name of South Korean singer Kim Mi-hyun (born 1995) of girl group Oh My Girl
  • Mimí, stage name of Mexican singer Irma Angélica Hernández Ochoa (born 1962) of the pop music group Flans
  • Mimi, nickname of Iraqi footballer Mohanad Ali (born 2000)
  • Mimi Wong, stage name of bar hostess Wong Weng Siu (1939–1973), who was executed for murder in Singapore
  • Mimi Xu (born 2007), Welsh tennis player
  • Priyanka Chopra (born 1982), Indian actress, sometimes informally referred to as "Mimi"

Mythological and fictional characters

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  • Mimi (folklore), a fairy-like being in the mythology of Northern Aboriginal Australians
  • Mimì (La bohème), the leading female role in Puccini's opera La bohème
  • Mimi Bobeck, a character from The Drew Carey Show played by Kathy Kinney
  • Mimi Clark, a character in the television series Jericho
  • Mimi Glossop, character played by Ginger Rogers in the 1934 film The Gay Divorcee
  • Mimi Labonq, a character in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
  • Mimi Lockhart, a character in Days of our Lives
  • Mimi Marquez, a character in Rent, a musical based on La bohème
  • Mimi Mortin, the main character of the Canadian animated television series What about Mimi?
  • Mimi Tachikawa, a character from the Japanese anime Digimon
  • Mimi Tasogare, a character from the Japanese anime Duel Masters

See also

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