Mira

“Wonderful (Latin); peace (Slavic); ocean or boundary (Sanskrit)” — Latin/Slavic/Sanskrit origin

Girl's name · #335 in the US (2025) · Trending

Mira is climbing: on the charts since 1887, it reached #335 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 920 girls given the name last year. Roughly 15,000 have carried it all-time.

Around the world: #13 in Hungary (2025) · #14 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #27 in Türkiye (2025) · #49 in Austria (2025) · #53 in Sweden (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 36 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Miras

Mira Sorvino — American actress
Mira Nair — Indian-American filmmaker (born 1957)
Mira Furlan — Croatian actress and singer (1955–2021)
Mira Awad — Arab-Israeli singer and actress of paternal Palestinian descent
Mira Murati — Albanian-American business executive (born 1988)

In stories & tradition

Mira — KPop Demon Hunters
Mira Ardiles — Vintergatan · Vintergatan: Rädda Jorden!
Mira Angervuo — Salatut elämät

What Miras become

Among 605 notable people named Mira:

Entertainers appear 1.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mira Sorvino, American actress.

Similar names: Myra · Adelina · Meadow · Lyra · Jovie · Samira

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