Miranda

Where Miranda comes from

Coined by William Shakespeare for a character in The Tempest; feminine of Latin mirandus (“admirable”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Miranda
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #582 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1983
    Miranda Kerr born
    Australian model
  3. 1993
    Miranda Cosgrove born
    American actress, singer-songwriter and producer
  4. 1995
    Peak, #57
    5,978 babies named Miranda — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #128.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage [in turn from Latin].
Namesakes
  • Miranda Cosgrove · American actress, singer-songwriter and producer, born 1993
  • Miranda Kerr · Australian model, born 1983
  • Miranda Richardson · British actress, born 1958
  • Miranda Otto · Australian actress, born 1967
  • Miranda Lambert · American country singer, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.