Given name
Mirjam
“rebellious one”
Mirjam is a feminine given name from Hebrew. It is used in German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, and 4 other languages.
Original Hebrewmirᵉyām
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mirjam goes back to a word meaning “rebellious one.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
In Danish use, Mirjam has a related form in Miriam. The history of Miriam gives this family its wider story. Miriam appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Explained through its name family
Mirjam’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Mirjam has a short form in Mira. In Finnish usage, Mirjam shares a linguistic root with the Aramaic form מרים. In Danish usage, Mirjam has a related form in Miriam.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mirjam has relatives in 18 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
Hebrewwhere Mirjam comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- mirᵉyāmHebrew
- Maryamequivalent
- Mariamequivalent
- MeryemTurkish
- MirianDanish
- Meriemequivalent
- MíriamSpanish
- MěranaUpper Sorbian
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People named Mirjam
- Mirjam WeichselbraunAustrian television presenterborn 1981
- Mirjam PresslerGerman writer and translator (1940–2019)
- Mirjam PuchnerAustrian female alpine skierborn 1992
- Mirjam OttSwiss curler (born 1972)
- Mirjam MelchersDutch cyclistborn 1975
- Mirjam BikkerDutch politician (born 1982)
- Susanne ThorsonSwedish actressborn 1981
- Mirjam NovakGerman actressborn 1981
- Mirjam JägerSwiss freestyle skierborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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