Given name
Myriam
“bitter”
Myriam is a feminine given name. It is used in English and French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Myriam is a form of Miriam. Miriam possibly goes back to Aramaic מרים (Maryām), meaning “bitter.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Myriam is a form of Miriam. Miriam possibly comes from Hebrew, and ultimately from Aramaic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Myriam 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Myriam through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,160
- 0 boys · 3,160 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 115 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #4,952 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,952 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 5.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 115 in 2003. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,764 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.
Myriam’s family of names
In English usage, Myriam has a related form in Miriam. In French usage, Myriam has a conventional equivalent in the English form Miriam. In French usage, Myriam has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form MIRIAN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Myriam has relatives in 8 languages.
7 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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.
- Maryamequivalent
- Mariamequivalent
- MeryemTurkish
- MirianSpanish
- Meriemequivalent
- Myrianequivalent
- Мирјамequivalent
- Mirijamequivalent
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People named Myriam
- Myriam Spiteri Debono11th president of the Republic of Maltaborn 1952
- Myriam FaresLebanese musician, actress, and dancerborn 1983
- Myriam SoumaréFrench athleteborn 1986
- Myriam BédardCanadian biathleteborn 1969
- Myriam SyllaItalian volleyball player (born 1995)
- Myriam Harrypen name of Maria Rosette Shapira (April 1869 (some sources say 1875) – March 10, 1958), a French journalist and writer
- Myriam El KhomriFrench politicianborn 1978
- Myriam Fox-JerusalmiFrench canoeistborn 1961
- Myriam BaverelTaekwondo practitionerborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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