Given name

Miriama

Miriama is a feminine given name. It is used in Māori and Slovak.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Miriama isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Miriama through the years

Babies since 1880
5
0 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
2006
5 babies
2025
0
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Miriama in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2006–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 115 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.

Miriama’s family of names

In Slovak usage, Miriama has a diminutive in Mirka. In Czech usage, Miriama has a related form in Miriam. In Māori usage, Miriama has a conventional equivalent in the English form Miriam.

Walk Miriama’s family in the name graph

MiriamaMiriamMirkaMiriamkaMariaMariamaMiriana

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Miriama has relatives in 4 languages.

Slovak

3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Miriama

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Miriama, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Mirianna

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>99% girls

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Mykeria

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>99% girls

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Mikaya

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>99% girls

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Mirlinda

Mirlinda is a feminine given name. It is used in Albanian.

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>99% girls

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Minelly

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>99% girls

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Mikylie

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>99% girls

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Mahkyla

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>99% girls

Persian · Modern

Minseo

Minseo is a feminine given name from Persian. It is used in French.

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Miriama’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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