Miranda

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Miranda is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname1.1M records spelled Miranda23 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Ecuador, Costa Rica

  Languages: English, Western Frisian

  Also written Mïrändä, Mirandå, Míranda, Miràndà, Mîřäňďä

• a separate surname84K records spelled Miranda3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, India, Bolivia

  Also written Mira-Nda, Míranda

• French surname53K records spelled Miranda3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Peru

  Also written Mirañda

• Catalan surname39K records spelled Miranda8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Catalan, French, Swahili

  Also written Mirande, Mirände, Mirànde, Mirandé

• Indonesian surname27K records spelled Miranda3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Peru

  Also written 'Miranda, Miranda'

• German surname24K records spelled Miranda4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Switzerland, Peru

  Languages: German, English

  Also written Mirandae, Mirandä

• Lao surname13K records spelled Miranda25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Mirinda, มิรันดา, มิรินดา, มรินดา, มิแรนด้า

95 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Miranda is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latin, Latin ‘admirable, marvelous’, from miror/mirus ‘wonder at; astonishing’.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Irish, Latin ‘admirable’; invented by Shakespeare. Occasionally used in Ireland.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In English, Latin; invented by Shakespeare for the heroine of The Tempest; admired one

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• Latin, ‘admirable’. This name was invented by Shakespeare for his play The Tempest. It is occasionally used in Ireland. Mogue [Maodhég] (m) A pet form of Aidan given to St Aidan of Ferns (died 626). The name was adopted into Welsh as Madog. In Ireland it was anglicised as Aidan by Protestants, and Moses by Catholics.

  as a name·Irish first names

• habitational name from any of numerous places in Spain and Portugal called Miranda. The derivation of the place name is uncertain; it may be of pre-Roman origin, or from Latin miranda ‘view’, ‘outlook’. This name is also found in western India, where it was taken by Portuguese colonists.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 132 years between 1881–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Francisco de Mirandab. 1750VEVenezuelan military leader (1750–1816)
• Mario Mirandab. 1926INIndian cartoonist (1926–2011)
• Zitob. 1932BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian footballer (1932-2015)
• Soledad Mirandab. 1943ESSpanish actress (1943-1970)
• Laura Chinchillab. 1959CRnot in their usual name46th President of Costa Rica
• Claudio Mirandab. 1965CLChilean-born American cinematographer
• Thalíab. 1971MXnot in their usual nameMexican singer and actress (born 1971)
• Pia Mirandab. 1973AUAustralian actress
• Lin-Manuel Mirandab. 1980USAmerican songwriter and composer (born 1980)
• Juan Mirandab. 2000ESSpanish association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,311 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Miranda?

We estimate roughly 294 thousand people bear Miranda (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Miranda have the most bearers?

Miranda is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled miranda.

Where is Miranda most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Miranda is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 184 people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.

How common is Miranda compared with other names?

In Mexico, Miranda is the 72nd most common surname of 198,716 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Miranda mean?

Recorded meaning: ‘person from Miranda’, a place-name in Spain or Portugal, perhaps ‘look-out post’.