Given name
Mireille
“one who is greatly admired”
Mireille is used as a given name. One French interpretation is “one who is greatly admired.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “one who is greatly admired.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mireille through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 850
- 0 boys · 850 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,698 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,698 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 29.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,867 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mireille’s family of names
Mireille has a related form in Mira. In French usage, Mireille has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Mirella. Mireille has a related form in Mirella.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mireille has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
6 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mireille
- Mireille MathieuFrench singer (born 1946)
- Mireille DarcFrench actress and director (1938–2017)
- Mireille EnosAmerican actressborn 1975
- OrlanFrench performance artist (born 1947)
- Mireille BallestrazziPresident of INTERPOLborn 1954
- Mireille BalinFrench actress1909–1968
- Mireille HartuchFrench singer1906–1996
- Mireille PerreyFrench actress (1904–1991)
- Mireille Derebonaathletics competitor (* 1990)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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