Mirza

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Mirja in FI Finland and Мирзо in RU Russia.

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 3 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◐

Mirza is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name66K records spelled Mirza13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, Iran

  Also written Mīrzā, Mirzā, Mîrza, Mirzâ, Mirză

• Turkish given name64K records spelled Mirza18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Russia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan

  Languages: Turkish, Uzbek, Azerbaijani

  Also written Мирза, Mirzä, Mirzâ, Mîrzâ, Mirză

• Indonesian given name23K records spelled Mirza7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Pakistan

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Mirza, Mirza', Mîrza, Mĭržä, Mīrzā

• French given name7.0K records spelled Mirza10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Mîrza, Mïřźã, Mířžă, Mirzâ, Mïrźa

• Danish given name3.3K records spelled Mirza6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Iceland

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Mîržâ

• Russian given name2.3K records spelled Mirza39 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Мирза, Мірза, Аятолла, Марза, Мирзы

54 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●

Mirza 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.

• from a personal name based on the Persian honorific title MTrzd, a shortened form of mir-zadeh ‘child of a prince’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• Muslim name, from Persian: ‘prince’, an honorific title introduced into the subcontinent by the Moguls.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, An educated man in India or Iran (Persia); an official, a clerk.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Turkish, 1. İranlılara özgü "beyzade" anlamında bir soyluluk sanı. 2. Bir yıldızın adı.

  as a word·TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

• In Swedish, Mirza kommer från ett persiskt ord som betyder ’prins; fursteson’. Det används även frekvent i Bosnien, Indien och Pakistan.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

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●

CL SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) — 92 years between 1921–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Abbas Mirzab. 1789IRQajar crown prince
• Mirza Ghalibb. 1797INIndian poet (1797-1869)
• Amir Kabirb. 1807IRnot in their usual namePrime Minister of Iran (1807-1852)
• Mirza Fatali Akhundovb. 1812AZIranian Azerbaijani playwright and literary critic
• Nasrollah Khan Moshir al Dowlehb. 1840IRnot in their usual namefirst Iranian Prime Minister (1840-1907)
• Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmadb. 1889INReligious leader of the Ahmadiyya faith (1889–1965)
• Mirza Aslam Begb. 1931PKPakistani general
• Mirza Delibašićb. 1954BABosnian basketball player and coach (1954-2001)
• Mirza Teletovićb. 1985BABosnian basketball player
• Mirza Bašićb. 1991BABosnian tennis 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 · 704 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mirza?

We estimate roughly 21 thousand people bear Mirza (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Mirza have the most bearers?

Mirza is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled mirza.

How common is Mirza compared with other names?

In Bosnia & Herzegovina, Mirza is the 30th most common given name of 3,870 given names recorded there.

Is Mirza a male or female name?

Mirza is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Mirza mean?

Recorded meaning: Persian title meaning 'lord, prince'; as female name, 'lady, princess'