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Miranda

Gender: Girl Meaning: Worthy of Admiration Origin: Latin Pronunciation: mih RAN dah Related Names: No related names

Miranda: Popularity

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200th+ most popular girls name in the UK

Unrecorded number of
births in 2008

User rating:  Star: on Star: on Star: on Star: off Star: off ( 3.43 from 37 votes )


Additional information about the name Miranda:

This name was supposedly invented by William Shakespeare for a character in his last play ‘The Tempest’. Miranda was a young woman who was worthy of admiration, and this is the meaning given to the name. It is likely that he took inspiration from the Latin name Mirabel which also means ‘admirable’.

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