Miranda is a girl's name of Portuguese origin meaning “worthy of admiration.” In 2024 it was given to 478 girls in the United States.
Miranda belongs to the Portuguese and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “worthy of admiration” — is the sense carried by its Portuguese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Miranda first appears in Social Security records in 1881. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #57 in 1995, and in 2024 478 babies received the name — 114,541 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Miranda means “worthy of admiration” in its Portuguese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Miranda is a girl name. In 2024, 478 babies received the name in the US.
Miranda comes from the Portuguese and English & American tradition.
Miranda first appears in US records in 1881. Its best-ever ranking was #57 in 1995, and 478 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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