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Miranda

A Latin name meaning "worthy of admiration". Fewer than 600 women in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one, though a handful of girls still get it each year.

Miranda Pronunciation

Miranda is pronounced mee-RAHN-dah (/miˈranda/).

Alive in 2025
557
Newborns 2025
4
National rank
#1266
Next name day
11 May
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What Miranda means

Where Miranda comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Miranda begins in Latin grammar. It comes from mirari, the verb for wondering at something, and takes the gerundive form miranda, "she who is to be admired." The meaning sits in the grammar. Long before anyone bore it, the word already said worthy of admiration.

The name as a name is young. William Shakespeare appears to have coined it for the daughter of Prospero in The Tempest, first performed around 1611, and lexicographers still point to that play as its earliest use for a person. From English drama it spread into English-speaking households, and that has stayed its cultural anchor.

In a Polish class register Miranda stands out among the Zuzannas and Julias, a Latin word doing the work of a first name. It keeps its old sense wherever it lands: admirable, worthy of admiration.

When Miranda celebrates name day

Miranda appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 11 May.

Next name day
11 May
Tuesday in 2027
Next one in 243 days
Name days

The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.

How many people are named Miranda

1 in 40474 women in Poland is named Miranda. 557 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1266 among female names.

People with the name Miranda 2019 → 2025
557 +102 since 2019
2020 467 +12
2021 472 +5
2022 492 +20
2023 532 +40
2024 547 +15
2025 557 +10

Miranda's popularity over time

4 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1111 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000.

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4 newborns with the name Miranda in 2025
national rank #1111 that year

Where Miranda is most popular

Miranda is most popular in Lower Silesian, 358% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Greater Poland (+235%) and Masovian (+103%).

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Miranda as a middle name

Miranda is a first name for 557 women in Poland and a middle name for another 226, a 71/29 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 449th, between Majka (226) and Eunika (225).

As a first name
557
As a middle name
226
first name 71% middle name 29%
Middle-name ranking women

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