Girl's name
Mira
Say it MEER-uh
Indian origin from Miranda, admirable
2 syllables
Where Mira is loved, common and rare
Common across six German cities, Switzerland, Austria and six more places. Rare in British Columbia, Norway, Poland and seven more places.
1 in 1,112 girls born in Ireland in 2025
Berlin 14thCologne 14thSwitzerland 47th
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In 24 of the 40 official lists, among them Berlin (14th), Cologne (14th) and Switzerland (47th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 13th 2025 | 385 | rank only |
| Berlin city | 14th 2023 | 98 | about 1 in 148 |
| Cologne city | 14th 2023 | 41 | about 1 in 150 |
| Switzerland | 47th 2025 | 122 | 1 in 279 |
| Austria | 49th 2025 | 158 | 1 in 226 |
| Munich city | 51st 2025 | 24 | about 1 in 175 |
| Sweden | 53rd 2025 | 175 | about 1 in 230 |
| Ontario province | 87th 2024 | 114 | about 1 in 478 |
| The Netherlands | 100th 2025 | 141 | about 1 in 433 |
| British Columbia province | 109th 2023 | 27 | about 1 in 443 |
| Norway | 130th 2025 | 42 | 1 in 519 |
| Poland | 159th 2025 | 63 | 1 in 1,901 |
| Israel מירא | 160th 2024 | 114 | about 1 in 688 |
| France | 218th 2025 | 270 | 1 in 1,062 |
| Ireland | 226th 2025 | 19 | 1 in 1,112 |
| England and Wales | 323rd 2025 | 135 | 1 in 1,876 |
| Scotland | 324th 2025 | 10 | 1 in 1,789 |
| Quebec province | 346th 2025 | 15 | about 1 in 1,734 |
| Italy | 368th 2024 | 39 | 1 in 4,594 |
| Rostock city | 23rd 2025 | 6 | about 1 in 164 |
| Turkey | 27th 2025 | 2,186 | rank only |
| Bonn city | 28th 2025 | 16 | about 1 in 188 |
| Leipzig city | 34th 2025 | 12 | about 1 in 219 |
| Moscow city Мира | 46th 2025 | 302 | rank only |
Rare, below the listed names: Northern Ireland, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Catalonia and Slovenia.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Israel publishes names in Hebrew script. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Moscow publishes names in Cyrillic. The Latin spelling shown is our transliteration; the published form is shown beside it.
Sources: Belügyminisztérium, Nyilvántartások (kormany.hu) (Hungary); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel) (Israel); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); TÜİK (Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu), Nüfus İstatistikleri Portalı (Turkey); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Moscow Civil Registry Office (ZAGS), data.mos.ru (Moscow). How we count, and every source
About the name
Mira has more than one source. It is borrowed from Hindi mīrā, the name of a sixteenth-century Indian poetess also called Mirabai. In English-speaking countries it may also come from Slavic, or be a short form of Miranda, which gives it the meaning 'admirable'.
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Two syllables, MEER-uh, make it short and soft. Myra is a related spelling, and Amira, Miranda and Elmira are longer relatives.
Mira ranks high in Hungary and Turkey and is used in Switzerland, Ontario and British Columbia. The French records show its peak in 2025, and it is rising in 13 places while falling in only two.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- MEER-uh, 2 syllables
- Meaning
- from Miranda,
admirable
- Origin
- Indian
- Other spellings
- Myra
- Amira
- Miranda
- Miria
- Emira
- Miira
- Mirna
- Elmira
- Almira
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi मीरा (mīrā), name of a 16th century Indian poetess, also affectionately called Mirabai. As occasionally borne by anglophones in the West, the name may also be borrowed from Slavic, or be a short form of Miranda.
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 13 of 21 regions, falling in 2.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 630 | 514 | 472 | 432 | 486 | 496 | 433 | 381 | 337 | 323 |
| Scotland | 808 | 809 | 650 | 636 | 396 | 324 | 482 | 275 | 324 | |
| Northern Ireland | 434 | 350 | 302 | |||||||
| Ireland | 661 | 579 | 512 | 716 | 363 | 389 | 339 | 441 | 226 | |
| Ontario | 185 | 189 | 175 | 220 | 143 | 167 | 128 | 87 | 87 | |
| British Columbia | 223 | 140 | 143 | 147 | 197 | 131 | 93 | 109 | ||
| South Australia | 230 | 868 | ||||||||
| Quebec | 301 | 360 | 514 | 353 | 526 | 458 | 342 | 403 | 337 | 346 |
| France | 453 | 524 | 466 | 370 | 339 | 319 | 308 | 318 | 217 | 218 |
| The Netherlands | 171 | 148 | 148 | 121 | 126 | 102 | 109 | 87 | 100 | |
| Austria | 68 | 71 | 80 | 64 | 68 | 63 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 49 |
| Switzerland | 70 | 76 | 100 | 77 | 84 | 77 | 69 | 55 | 73 | 47 |
| Berlin | 19 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Munich | 90 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 80 | 78 | 51 | 72 | 55 | 51 |
| Cologne | 28 | 40 | 42 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 14 | ||
| Bonn | 48 | 41 | 30 | 26 | 19 | 33 | 19 | 19 | 76 | 28 |
| Leipzig | 40 | 74 | 41 | 36 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 34 |
| Rostock | 41 | 29 | 27 | 53 | 28 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 23 |
| Norway | 156 | 135 | 152 | 137 | 115 | 91 | 106 | 140 | 116 | 130 |
| Sweden | 99 | 88 | 90 | 91 | 81 | 57 | 66 | 61 | 53 | 53 |
| Italy | 530 | 459 | 355 | 344 | 368 | |||||
| Poland | 216 | 174 | 186 | 165 | 155 | 151 | 152 | 158 | 154 | 159 |
| Hungary | 27 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 13 |
| Moscow | 46 | 50 | 46 | |||||||
| Turkey | 27 | |||||||||
| Israel | 133 | 146 | 146 | 160 | 167 | 126 | 144 | 153 | 160 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 323 | 135 | 53.3 |
| 2024 | 337 | 128 | 49.6 |
| 2023 | 381 | 109 | 42.5 |
| 2022 | 433 | 98 | 37.2 |
| 2021 | 496 | 85 | 31.0 |
| 2020 | 486 | 83 | 30.9 |
| 2019 | 432 | 97 | 34.6 |
| 2018 | 472 | 91 | 31.6 |
| 2017 | 514 | 83 | 27.8 |
| 2016 | 630 | 67 | 21.8 |
| 2015 | 708 | 56 | 18.2 |
| 2014 | 570 | 74 | 24.1 |
| 2013 | 882 | 42 | 13.6 |
| 2012 | 1184 | 28 | 8.7 |
| 2011 | 1327 | 23 | 7.2 |
| 2010 | 1257 | 25 | 7.8 |
| 2009 | 1467 | 19 | 6.1 |
| 2008 | 1447 | 19 | 6.0 |
| 2007 | 1741 | 14 | 4.6 |
| 2006 | 1585 | 15 | 5.0 |
| 2005 | 2247 | 9 | 3.1 |
| 2004 | 2278 | 8 | 2.8 |
| 2003 | 1472 | 14 | 5.0 |
| 2002 | 2301 | 7 | 2.6 |
| 2001 | 1728 | 10 | 3.7 |
| 2000 | 1831 | 9 | 3.3 |
| 1999 | 1557 | 11 | 3.9 |
| 1998 | 2407 | 6 | 2.1 |
| 1997 | 2411 | 6 | 2.0 |
| 1996 | 1434 | 12 | 4.1 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Mira in France since 1925 were born in or after 2019. First recorded in 1926. Her peak year there: 2025, at 94.1 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Mira per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Mira
1 in 320 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Mira.
1 in 344 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Mira.
1 in 754 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Mira.
1 in 4,225 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Mira.
1 in 778 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Mira.
1 in 307 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Mira. Same first letter as Mira.
Similar forms, not dealt separately: Mariam.
1 in 298 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Mira.
1 in 2,347 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Mira.
1 in 581 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Mira.
1 in 743 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Mira.
Middle names for Mira
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Mira Grace
2-1 beats · initials MG
Changes the beat after Mira: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Mira Olivia
2-4 beats · initials MO · Mira slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Mira: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Mira slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Mira Sophia
2-3 beats · initials MS
Changes the beat after Mira: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Mira Rose
2-1 beats · initials MR
Changes the beat after Mira: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Mira Maria
2-3 beats · initials MM
Changes the beat after Mira: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Mira Emily
2-3 beats · initials ME · Mira slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Mira: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Mira slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Mira Julia
2-3 beats · initials MJ
Changes the beat after Mira: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Mira Charlotte
2-2 beats · initials MC
A close match on style, era and popularity. Same length as Mira: 2 syllables.
Same style as Mira
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 1,760 in Ireland
92% alike: moves with Mira across countries and decades.
1 in 587 in Ireland
92% alike: moves with Mira across countries and decades.
1 in 3,958 in England and Wales
92% alike: moves with Mira across countries and decades.
1 in 1,689 in England and Wales
92% alike: moves with Mira across countries and decades.
1 in 1,218 in England and Wales
91% alike: moves with Mira across countries and decades.
1 in 2,347 in Ireland
91% alike: moves with Mira across countries and decades.
1 in 2,556 in Scotland
91% alike: moves with Mira across countries and decades.
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
90% alike: moves with Mira across countries and decades.
Famous people named Mira
Mira Sorvino, Mira Furlan, Mira Nair, Mira Awad, Mira Rai, Mira Potkonen, Mira Banjac and Mira Lobe.
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Indian-American filmmaker (born 1957)
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Arab-Israeli singer and actress of paternal Palestinian descent born 1975
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Finnish boxer born 1980
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Serbian actress born 1929
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People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Mira
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Mira?
Her best rank is No. 13 in Hungary in 2025. She is in the published lists of 24 of our 40 regions.
What does Mira mean?
Mira takes her meaning from Miranda: "admirable", per Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Mira?
MEER-uh, with 2 syllables.
Is Mira getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 13 of 21 regions, falling in 2.
Which sister names go with Mira?
The deck's top five sisters for Mira: Nova, Eliana, Zoey, Liv and Talia. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.