The name Mira has several different origins and meanings. In Latin, it means ‘wonder’ or ‘wonderful’, in Sanskrit, it means ‘ocean’, and in Slavic languages, it stands for ‘peace’.
Mira is a female first name. In very rare cases it is also used for boys.
The name Mira isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Mira ranks 488. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 4 were named Mira. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Mira.
The name Mira has several different origins and meanings. In Latin, it means ‘wonder’ or ‘wonderful’, in Sanskrit, it means ‘ocean’, and in Slavic languages, it stands for ‘peace’.
Mira has been... known in the U.S. for over 100 years, but only since 2000 has it been given somewhat more frequently.
Mira Nair (*1957)
The Indian movie director often produces her own movies as well. Her debut feature film »Salaam Bombay!« earned her an Academy Award nomination, among other accolades.
Mira Katherine Sorvino (*1967)
The US-American actress has won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Woody Allen's movie »Mighty Aphrodite« from 1995.
Mira Lobe (1913-1995)
Born Hilde Mirjam Rosenthal, the Austrian author wrote more than 100 children's books in her lifetime, which were translated into over 30 languages.
Mira, Royal Detective (*2020)
The CGI-animated mystery children's television series is inspired by Indian culture and customs. It's named after the show's main character, Mira. She is the first Indian protagonist in a Disney Junior show.
When you hear the name Mira, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Mira? Are you also called Mira? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
Mira is the name of a municipality in Italy as well as one in Spain and also a small town in Portugal.
The Río Mira is located in the western border region of Ecuador and Colombia. It flows into the Pacific Ocean.
is a red-giant star at an estimated distance of 200-300 light years from the sun in the constellation called Cetus.
The German MIRA Award has been honoring achievements and program designs for pay TV in Germany since 2008.
You may not know anyone named Mira, but there’s a good chance you live in the same state as someone with that name. In fact, 38 states are home to women and girls named Mira. (To be fair, a given name is only included in a state’s official statistics if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it’s entirely possible that there are still a few women and girls named Mira living in one state or another. If your name is Mira and you live outside of the states highlighted on the map, please let us know so we can refine our statistics even further). And while the first name is present in many states, it is still not one of the popular ones. In Washington, which has the most people named Mira relative to the population, you still have to ask 5,557 women and girls their names before you hear Mira as an answer just once.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter M is a quite popular first letter for girls' names. That’s because 8.5% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters A and S are more common for girls' names.
With four letters, the name Mira is shorter than most other given names. In fact, only 5.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly four letters. Just 1.2% of all first names are even shorter, while 93% consist of more than four letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Therefore: As 8.5% of all girls' names start with an M, this initial letter occurs nearly 2.5-times as often as all 26 letters on average – and the most common one of all the girls’ names starting with M is Mary.
If your name is Mira and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Mira, you can simply say:
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Igloo
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Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Mira
Mira
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
M
I
R
A
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
M
I
R
A
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Mira sounds like this:
