Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mirian through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,391
- 0 boys · 3,391 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 100 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,699 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,699 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 100 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,298 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.
Mirian’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Mirian has a conventional equivalent in the English form Miriam. In Spanish usage, Mirian has a conventional equivalent in the French form Myriam. In Danish usage, Mirian has a conventional equivalent in the German form Mirjam.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mirian has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Georgian roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mirian
- Mirian IIIfirst Iberian king from the Chosroid dynasty265–361
- Mirian Iking of Iberia
- Mirian IIKing of Iberia88 BC–18 BC
- Mirian TsalkalamanidzeOlympic wrestler (1927–2000) and winemaker
- Mirian GiorgadzeOlympic wrestlerborn 1976
- Prince Mirian of GeorgiaPrince of Georgia (1767-1834)1766–1834
- Mirian of KakhetiMonarch of Kakheti701–741
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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