Miranda (given name)
Miranda is a feminine given name of Latin origin, meaning "worthy of admiration". There are several variants.[1] The given name is said to have been invented by William Shakespeare for a character in his play The Tempest.[2]
![]() Miranda (The Tempest) from The Tempest by John William Waterhouse. | |
Pronunciation | /mɪˈrændə/ mə-RAN-də |
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Gender | Feminine |
Origin | |
Word/name | Latin |
Meaning | "worthy of admiration" |
Other names | |
Related names | Mira, Myra, Meera, Randy, Mandy |
Usage
The name has been well used in the Anglosphere since the 20th century. Usage of the name in the United States peaked during the 1990s, when it was among the 100 most popular names for American girls. It also peaked in usage in the 1990s or early years of the 21st century in countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Sweden. It has also been well used in other Spanish speaking countries such as Mexico, where it was among the 100 most popular names for Mexican girls in 2020 and 2021.[3]
People
- Miranda (born 1984), Colombian singer, winner of La Voz Colombia
- Miranda Carter (born 1965), English writer and biographer
- Miranda Chartrand (born 1990), Canadian singer
- Miranda Connell (born 1938), English actress
- Miranda Cooper (born 1975), English pop singer
- Miranda Cosgrove (born 1993), American actress and singer
- Miranda Devine, Australian columnist and writer
- Miranda Fenner (1979–1998), American female youth who was murdered
- Miranda Gibson, Australian environmental activist and school teacher
- Miranda Grell, British Labour party politician found guilty of making false statements against her political opponent
- Miranda Grosvenor, bored fan in the US who made a full-time hobby of calling stars
- Miranda Hart (born 1972), English actress and comedian
- Miranda Hill (1836–1910), English social reformer
- Miranda Jarrett, pen name for American author Susan Holloway Scott
- Miranda July, American performance artist
- Miranda Kerr, Australian model, Victoria's Secret Angel
- Miranda Krestovnikoff, British television presenter
- Miranda Kwok, Canadian actor and film producer
- Miranda Lambert, American country and western singer-songwriter
- Miranda Lee, Australian author of romance novels
- Miranda Leek, American archer
- Miranda Macmillan, Countess of Stockton (1947–2020), British socialite and fashion model
- Miranda Myrat, Greek actress
- Miranda Nild (born 1997), Thai footballer
- Miranda Otto, Australian film and theatre actress
- Miranda Raison, English actress
- Miranda Lee Richards, American singer-songwriter
- Miranda Richardson, Academy Award-nominated English actress
- Miranda Sawyer, English journalist and broadcaster
- Miranda Seymour, English literary critic, novelist, and biographer
- Miranda Stone, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Miranda Weese, American ballet dancer
- Miranda Yang (Xia Meng) (1933-2016), Hong Kong actress
Fictional characters
- Miranda (The Tempest), in the play The Tempest by English writer William Shakespeare
- Miranda, one of the characters from the Diva Starz toy line
- Miranda, the titular character of Miranda
- Miranda, the schoolgirl who goes missing in Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
- Miranda (Doctor Who), in the British novel series Eighth Doctor Adventures
- Miranda (W.I.T.C.H.), in the American television series W.I.T.C.H.
- Miranda Bailey, Chief of Surgery and attending general surgeon at Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital in the American television series Grey's Anatomy
- Miranda Barlow, from the Starz series Black Sails
- Miranda Carroll, from 2014 fiction novel Station Eleven by Canadian author Emily St. John Mandel
- Miranda Corneille, in the Canadian webcomic User Friendly
- Miranda Evans, in the British soap opera Doctors
- Miranda Feigelsteen, in the Canadian television series Mysterious Ways
- Miranda Goshawk, in the Harry Potter novel series by English author J. K. Rowling
- Miranda Grey, in the novel The Collector by English author John Fowles
- Miranda Hillard, the ex-wife of the main protagonist in the 1993 movie Mrs. Doubtfire
- Miranda Hobbes, in the American television series Sex and the City
- Miranda Jeffries, in the American film Chances Are
- Miranda Jones, in the anime series Transformers: Energon
- Miranda Jones, from Star Trek The Original Series, Episode Is There No Truth In Beauty?
- Miranda Keyes, in the American video game series Halo
- Miranda Killgallen, in the American television series As Told By Ginger
- Miranda Lawson, in the Mass Effect series
- Miranda Lotto, in the manga D.Gray-Man and the anime of the same name
- Miranda Montgomery, in the American television series All My Children
- Miranda North, in the film Life
- Miranda Priestly, in the novel The Devil Wears Prada by American author Lauren Weisberger
- Miranda Sanchez, in the American television series Lizzie McGuire
- Miranda Sings, character created on YouTube by Colleen Ballinger
- Miranda Tate, played by Marion Cotillard in the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises
- Miranda Wright, in the American television series Bonkers
- Miranda Kristofich, character in the video game The Callisto Protocol
References
- "Miranda - Name Meaning and Origin". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
- https://www.behindthename.com/name/miranda
- https://www.behindthename.com/name/miranda/top/united-states
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