Given name & surname
Mirek
“a peaceful ruler”
Mirek is used as a given name and a surname. One Czech interpretation is “a peaceful ruler.”
Original CzechMiroslav
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Czech interpretation is “a peaceful ruler.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Czech.
How it developed
In Czech usage, Mirek is a diminutive of Miroslav. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Mirek is an affectionate form of Miroslav.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2020. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mirek through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 6 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 boys is 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 187 as a first name in 2020; 235 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.
Mirek’s family of names
In Czech usage, Mirek is a diminutive of Miroslav. In Czech usage, Mirek has a feminine form in Mirka. Mirek has a related form in Mirec.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Miroslavfull form · Czech, Serbo-Croatian
- Mirečekdiminutive · Czech
- Horymírfull form · Czech
- Mirosławfull form · Polish
- Myrecvariant
- Mirecvariant
- Myreckvariant
- Mireckvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 15
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mirek
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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