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[ 2 syll. mi-ra, mir-a ] The girl name Mira is pronounced MIHRah †. 1: Mira is of Latin origin. It is used mainly in the Dutch, English, and Polish languages. Derived from the word mirus which means 'wonderful'. Variants of Mira include Meara, Mirae, Mirah, Mirelle (English), Mirra, Myrella (English), and Myrene. 2: Mira's language of origin is Slavonic and it is predominantly used in the Slavic language. Derived from the word meri meaning 'great, famous'. The name evolved as a short form of other Slavic names with the first element 'meri'. 3: Mira is used mostly in the Indian language and its language of origin is Sanskrit. Meaning: prosperous. The English and Indian name Meera is a form of the name. 4: Mira's origin is Hebrew. Meaning: exalted. In addition, Mira is a variant of Meira (English). Mira is also a variant (English and Spanish) of Mirabelle (English, French, and Spanish). Mira is also a short form of Miranda (English, German, and Italian). Mira is also a variant of Myra (English). See also the related form, Miroslava (Slavic). Mira is a somewhat popular baby girl name. The name's popularity has been growing since the 2000s. Its usage peaked recently in 2008 with 0.015% of baby girls being given the name Mira. It had a ranking of #898 then. In 2008, among the family of girl names directly linked to Mira, Miranda was the most frequently used. It was more widely used than Mira by 7 times in that year. Baby names that sound like Mira include Mirah, Mirra, Mahra, Maira (English, Spanish, and Hawaiian), Mairi (Scottish), Manar (Arabic), Mara (English, Hebrew, Italian, Slavic, German, Hungarian, and Czech), Marae, Marah (English and German), Maree (English), Marei (German), Marey (English), Mari (English, Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese, Scandinavian, Welsh, Estonian, and Spanish), Marie (English, French, and German), Marja (Finnish and Russian), Marra (English), Marry (English), Maru, Maruja (Spanish), and Marwa (Arabic).
† English pronunciation for Mira: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
