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'''Mira''' is a feminine ] with varying meanings. In the ], it is related to the Latin words for 'wonder' and 'wonderful'.<ref></ref><ref>Bruce Lansky, ''100,000+ Baby Names'' (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006).</ref> In ], it means 'peace' and is often used as part of a longer name, such as Miroslava (masculine form: ]), Mirjana, or Sławomira (masculine form: ]). In ], it means 'goodness' or 'kindness'. In ], it means 'ocean', 'sea', 'limit', or 'boundary'.<ref></ref> It is sometimes also a short form of other given names. '''Mira''' is a feminine ] with varying meanings. In the ], it is related to the Latin words for 'wonder' and 'wonderful'.<ref></ref><ref>Bruce Lansky, ''100,000+ Baby Names'' (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006).</ref> In ], it means 'peace' and is often used as part of a longer name, such as Miroslava (masculine form: ]), Mirjana, or Sławomira (masculine form: ]). In ], it means 'goodness' or 'kindness'. In ], it means 'ocean', 'sea', 'limit', or 'boundary'.<ref></ref> It is sometimes also a short form of other given names.


People with the given name include: ==Persons with Mira as a given name==
*] (born 1977), Bulgarian musician *] (born 1977), Bulgarian musician
*] (born 1975), Palestinian-Arab actress and musician *] (born 1975), Palestinian-Arab actress and musician
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*] (born 1942), Japanese-American architect and furniture maker *] (born 1942), Japanese-American architect and furniture maker
*] (born 1956), Serbian politician *] (born 1956), Serbian politician
*], Lebanese direcgor *], Lebanese director
*] (born 1967), American actress *] (born 1967), American actress
*] (1923–2016), Serbian actress *] (1923–2016), Serbian actress

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“Dimayra”
Pronunciation‘’Di-MIR-ah
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameHindu, Albanian, Hebrew, Latin, Sanskrit, Slavic, Indian, Korean, Finnish, Japanese, Turkish
Meaning"peaceful", "amazing", "beautiful", "peace", "prosperous","soft like velvet rose", "ocean","sea","billionaire","princess","happy","famous"
Other names
Related namesMiranda, Myra, Meera, Mireliana, Miriam, Mila
Mira Lobe, an Austrian children's author in 1945

Mira is a feminine given name with varying meanings. In the Romance languages, it is related to the Latin words for 'wonder' and 'wonderful'. In Slavic languages, it means 'peace' and is often used as part of a longer name, such as Miroslava (masculine form: Miroslav), Mirjana, or Sławomira (masculine form: Sławomir). In Albanian, it means 'goodness' or 'kindness'. In Sanskrit, it means 'ocean', 'sea', 'limit', or 'boundary'. It is sometimes also a short form of other given names.

Persons with Mira as a given name

Fictional characters

See also

References

  1. F. P. Leverett, A New and Copious Lexicon of the Latin Language (Boston: Rice & Kendell, 1853), p. 539.
  2. Bruce Lansky, 100,000+ Baby Names (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006).
  3. Maneka Gandhi, The Penguin Book of Hindi Names (Penguin Books India, 1992)
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