Given name & surname
Maranda
“one who is worthy of admiration”
Maranda is a variant of Miranda. One Latin interpretation is “one who is worthy of admiration.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maranda is a variant of Miranda. One Latin interpretation is “one who is worthy of admiration.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maranda is a variant of Miranda. An origin associated with Miranda is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Maranda is a variant of Miranda. The history of Miranda gives this family its wider story. Shakespeare created Miranda for The Tempest. Her name takes the feminine form of Latin mirandus, from mirari, “to admire” or “wonder at”—a connection that explains the familiar interpretation “admirable.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Maranda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11,436
- 0 boys · 11,436 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 616 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,403 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −72%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,403 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 616 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,628 as a first name in 2020; 786 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maranda’s family of names
Maranda has a related form in Miranda.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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