Mirela

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 11 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◐

Mirela is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Croatian given name52K records spelled Mirela38 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Poland, United States, Bulgaria

  Languages: Croatian, Polish, Bulgarian

  Also written Mirella, Мирела, Мірела, Мірелла, Мирелла

• Romanian given name23K records spelled Mirela4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, Moldova, Spain, Italy

  Also written Mírela

• Albanian given name20K records spelled Mirela2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written Mìrélå

• French given name7.2K records spelled Mirela7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Belgium, Romania

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Miréla, Mireĺa, Mirèla, Mírela, Mirêla

• Greek given name450 records spelled Mirela3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, Romania, Italy

  Also written Μιρελα, Μιρέλα

33 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.

Over time●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 54 years between 1969–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mirela Ivanovab. 1962BGBulgarian poet
• Mirela Kumbarob. 1966ALAlbanian politician
• Mirela Holyb. 1971HRCroatian politician
• Mirela Oprișorb. 1973RORomanian actress
• Mirela Pașcab. 1975ROgymnast
• Mirela Manianib. 1976ALGreek javelin thrower
• Mirela Țugurlanb. 1979RORomanian gymnast
• Mirela Zețab. 1982ROactor
• Mirela Demirevab. 1989BGBulgarian high jumper
• Elena Mirela Lavricb. 1991RORomanian distance runner

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 · 375 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mirela?

We estimate roughly 86 thousand people bear Mirela (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Mirela have the most bearers?

We estimate about 64 thousand people bear Mirela in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled mirela.

Where is Mirela most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Mirela is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 669 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is Mirela compared with other names?

In Brazil, Mirela is the 648th most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Mirela a male or female name?

Mirela is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.