Given name
Mireya
“one who is worthy of admiration”
Mireya is a form of Miranda. One Latin interpretation is “one who is worthy of admiration.”
Original SpanishMireia
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Mireya carries the interpretation “one who is worthy of admiration.” Mireya is a form of Miranda. One Latin interpretation is “one who is worthy of admiration.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
Mireya is used as a form of Miranda.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Mireya is a form 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
Mireya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,939
- 0 boys · 9,939 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 567 babies
- 2025
- 202
- #1,147 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 202 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,147 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 3.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 567 in 1997. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (48). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 15,364 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.
Mireya’s family of names
Mireya is a form of Miranda. Mireya has a related form in Maraya. Mireya has a related form in Miraya.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mireya
- Mireya MoscosoPanama's first female presidentborn 1946
- Mireya LuisFemale volleyball player from Cubaborn 1967
- Mireya GonzálezSpanish handball playerborn 1991
- Mireya BaltraChilean politician1932–2022
- Mireya AgüeroHonduran politician
- Mireya CorreaPanamanian botanist (1940-2022)
- Mireya DelgadoSpanish volleyball playerborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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