Given name & surname · also Persian
Mirza
“a well-behaved child”
Mirza is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “a well-behaved child.”
Original Persianميرزا
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a well-behaved child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Persian.
How it developed
From Persian میرزا (mirzâ); its root is Arabic ء م ر.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mirza through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 689
- 554 boys · 135 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,531 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,531 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,058 as a first name in 2020; 6,173 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.
Mirza’s family of names
Mirza has a related form in Mirzah. Mirza has a related form in Myrza. Mirza has a related form in Myrzah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mirza has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Persian roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
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 Mirza
- GhalibIndian poet (1797-1869)
- Mirza Fatali AkhundovIranian Azerbaijani playwright and literary critic1812–1878
- Mirza DelibašićBosnian basketball player and coach (1954-2001)
- Mirza TeletovićBosnian basketball playerborn 1985
- Amir KabirPrime Minister of Iran (1807-1852)
- Mirza DžombaCroatian handball playerborn 1977
- Mirza KhazarAzerbaijani writer, journalist, publisher, radio and television host1947–2020
- Mirza Fakhrul Islam AlamgirPresident of Bangladesh since 2026born 1948
- Mirza BegićSlovenian basketball player (born 1985)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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