Given name & surname
Meranda
“one who is worthy of admiration”
Meranda is a variant of Miranda. One Latin interpretation is “one who is worthy of admiration.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Meranda is a variant of Miranda. One Latin interpretation is “one who is worthy of admiration.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Meranda is a variant of Miranda. An origin associated with Miranda is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Meranda as a surname developed from Miranda.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Meranda 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
Meranda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,901
- 0 boys · 2,901 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 186 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 10 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 186 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,350 as a first name in 2020; 700 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.
Meranda’s family of names
In English usage, Meranda as a surname developed from the Italian form Miranda. Meranda 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.
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