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Miranda - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Miranda

[ 3 syll. mi-ran-da, mir-a-nda ] The girl name Miranda is pronounced MerAENDah †. Miranda's language of origin is Latin. It is predominantly used in the English, German, and Italian languages. The meaning of the name is 'adorable'. The name is derived from the Latin mirandus ('admirable, wonderful'), itself from the root word mirari ('to admire, to wonder at'); it was invented by Shakespeare for the daughter of Prospero in his play The Tempest (1611). The name was later adopted by English speakers; it saw a revival in the mid 19th century.

Miranda has 29 variants that are used in both English and foreign languages. Variants of the name used in English include Meranda, Mina (also used in Scottish, Spanish, Indian, German, and Polish), Mirinda, Mironda, Mirranda, Myrella, and Myrilla. Other English forms include the short forms Mira (also used in German, and Italian) and Randa, the pet forms Mandee, Mandi, Mandie, Mandy, Mindy, Randee, Randi, Randie, and Randy, and the variant spellings Maranda and Myranda.

Foreign variants include Marenda, Miran, Miranada, Mirandah, Mirandë (Albanian), Mirandia, Mireya (Spanish), Mirra, and Muranda.

See also the related form, Amanda (English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish).

Miranda is a popular baby girl name. The name's popularity rose from the 1960s up to the 1990s. Its usage peaked in 1995 with 0.311% of baby girls being given the name Miranda. It was #57 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a drop in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #163 with a usage of 0.099%, but it was nonetheless the 2nd most popular after Amanda, among all girl names in its family. It was 18% more popular than Miranda in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Miranda include Maranda (English), Marenda, Marnetta, Meranda (English), Mirandah, Mirinda (English), Mironda (English), Mirranda (English), Muranda, Myranda (English), Marinda (English), Marindi, Marnette, Miranada, Mirandë (Albanian), and Mirandia.

A famous person named Miranda is Model Miranda Kerr, Sydney, Australia.

 



† Pronunciation for Miranda: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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