Given name & surname
Miren
“star of the sea”·“from the sea of bitterness”·“refers to myrrh, a fragrant oil”
Miren is a variant of Mary. Interpretations include “star of the sea” and “from the sea of bitterness”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Miren is a variant of Myron. One Greek interpretation is “refers to myrrh, a fragrant oil.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Miren is a variant of Mary. Interpretations include “star of the sea” and “from the sea of bitterness”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Miren is a variant of Myron. One Greek interpretation is “refers to myrrh, a fragrant oil.”
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Where it comes from
Miren is a variant of Myron. An origin associated with Myron is Greek. In Basque use, Miren shares an earlier linguistic root with Mary. Mary has been associated with French and Latin naming traditions. The precise derivation is uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Miren is a variant of Myron. The history of Myron gives this family its wider story. Myron’s historical associations include various early saints, notably a 3rd-century martyr of Cyzicus and a 4th-century bishop of Crete.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Miren through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 50
- 0 boys · 50 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 313 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.
Miren’s family of names
Miren has an affectionate form in Mirentxu. Miren shares a linguistic root with Mary. In Basque usage, Miren has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Maria.
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Around the world
Miren has relatives in 12 languages.
14 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Mariaalso known as · Portuguese, Czech
- MarieFrench
- MarisDutch
- MiekeDutch
- MaryseDutch
- MarijkeDutch
- MarikeDutch
- MariekeDutch
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People named Miren
- Miren IbargurenGipuzkoan actressborn 1980
- Miren Agur MeabeBasque writerborn 1962
- Miren EtxezarretaSpanish economist and professorborn 1936
- Miren GorrotxategiSpanish politicianborn 1967
- Miren Karmele Azkarate VillarBasque linguist, professor and politicianborn 1955
- Miren AmurizaSpanish bertsolari or oral extemporaneous poetborn 1990
- Miren LazkanoSpanish canoeistborn 1997
- Aintzane EzenarroBasque politicianborn 1971
- Gurutze IantziBasque politician1962–1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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