as a Last Name
- 66,730
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Miranda
Meaning & Origins
Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish (Sephardic): habitational name from any of numerous places in Spain and Portugal called Miranda. The derivation of the place name is uncertain; it may be of pre-Roman origin, or from Latin miranda ‘view’, ‘outlook’. This name is also found in western India, where it was taken by Portuguese colonists.
| 493rd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 66,730
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Puerto Rico
- has the most people named Miranda per capita
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