as a First Name
Invented by Shakespeare for the heroine of The Tempest (1611). It represents the feminine form of the Latin gerundive mirandus ‘admirable, lovely’, from mirari ‘to wonder at, admire’ compare Amanda for a similar formation.
| 749th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 45,927
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 99,448
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Miranda per capita
- 1995
- marked the height of its popularity
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16%
30-54
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35%
13-29
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49%
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Top state populations
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