THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Miranda
Miranda is recorded as a male given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Miranda.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Miranda.
a male given name from English
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EnglishEtymology & source
Coined by William Shakespeare for a character in The Tempest; feminine of Latin mirandus (“admirable”).
A female given name originating as a coinage [in turn from Latin].
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Miranda in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
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Similar names to Miranda
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Lianda·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Minda·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Amanda♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Brenda♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Chanda♀Given name recorded in the source dictionary
- Fernanda♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Linda♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Melinda♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Miranda?
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- Wiktionary contributors — Miranda (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Miranda (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.