Given name & surname
Mirka
“one who is prosperous”·“a peaceful woman”·“one who is wonderful”
In Slavonic use, Mirka is an affectionate form of Mira. Interpretations include “one who is prosperous”, “a peaceful woman”, and “one who is wonderful”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. In Czech use, Mirka is a feminine form of Mirek. One Czech interpretation is “a peaceful ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Slavonic use, Mirka is an affectionate form of Mira. Interpretations include “one who is prosperous”, “a peaceful woman”, and “one who is wonderful”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. In Czech use, Mirka is a feminine form of Mirek. One Czech interpretation is “a peaceful ruler.”
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Where it comes from
In Slavonic use, Mirka is an affectionate form of Mira. A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain. In Czech use, Mirka is a feminine form of Mirek. An origin associated with Mirek is Czech.
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How it developed
Mirka is an affectionate form of Mira. In Czech usage, Mirka is a feminine form of Mirek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mirka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 529
- 0 boys · 529 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 52 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 6 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 789 as a first name in 2020; 114 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mirka’s family of names
Mirka is an affectionate form of Mira. In Czech usage, Mirka is a feminine form of Mirek. In Italian usage, Mirka has a related form in Mirca.
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Around the world
Mirka has relatives in 6 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 12
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mirka
- Mirka FedererSwiss tennis playerborn 1978
- Mirka Franciavolleyball playerborn 1975
- Mirka GinovaSlavic Macedonian communist partisan and teacher1916–1946
- Mirka MoraAustralian visual artist (1928-2018)
- Mirka AndolfoItalian comics artistborn 1989
- Mirka SoinikoskiFinnish politicianborn 1975
- Mirka KoželuhováCzechoslovak tennis playerborn 1951
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