Given name · also Italian
Mirela
“God has spoken”
Mirela is a variant of Mirella. One Hebrew interpretation is “God has spoken.”
Original ItalianMirella
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mirela is a variant of Mirella. One Hebrew interpretation is “God has spoken.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mirela comes from Italian, and ultimately from Provençal.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mirela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 169
- 0 boys · 169 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,761 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,761 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was virtually unchanged in 2021–2025 compared with 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,825 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.
Mirela’s family of names
In Polish usage, Mirela has a diminutive in MIRELKA. Mirela has a related form in Mirella. In Polish usage, Mirela has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Mirella.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mirela has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
Italianwhere Mirela comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mirela
- Mirela ManianiGreek javelin throwerborn 1976
- Mirela DemirevaBulgarian high jumperborn 1989
- Mirela KumbaroAlbanian politicianborn 1966
- Mirela Pașcagymnastborn 1975
- Mirela ȚugurlanRomanian gymnastborn 1979
- Mirela Rahnevaskeleton racer from Canadaborn 1988
- Mirela LavricRomanian distance runnerborn 1991
- Mirela HolyCroatian politicianborn 1971
- Mirela BalićSpanish actressborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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