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Revision as of 12:12, 18 July 2024 by 2405:201:f014:48e4:72:eeff:277a:e63c (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)| Pronunciation | ‘’Di-MIR-ah |
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| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hindu, 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 names | Miranda, Myra, Meera, Mireliana, Miriam, Mila |
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.
People with the given name include:
- Mira Aroyo (born 1977), Bulgarian musician
- Mira Awad (born 1975), Palestinian-Arab actress and musician
- Mira Bai or Meera (1498–1547), Hindu mystical singer and poet
- Mira Bellwether (born 1981/1982), author of the 'zine Fucking Trans Women
- Mirjana Mira Banjac (born 1929), Serbian actress
- Mira Craig (born 1982), Norwegian rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
- Mira Dancy (born 1979), American painter
- Míra Emberovics (born 1988), Hungarian handball player
- Mira Furlan (1955–2021), Croatian actress and singer
- Mira Gojak (born 1963), Australian artist
- Mira Golubović (born 1976), Serbian retired volleyball player
- Mira Gonzalez (born 1992), American poet
- Mira Hoteit (born 2002), Lebanese footballer
- Mira Konçi (born 1973), Albanian singer and songwriter
- Mira Kunnasluoto (born 1974), Finnish singer
- Mira Kuś (born 1958), Polish poet and journalist
- Mira Lehr (1934–2023), American multimedia artist
- Mira Lesmana (born 1964), Indonesian songwriter, film director and producer
- Mira Leung (born 1989), Canadian retired figure skater
- Mira Mihelič (1912-1985), Slovene writer and translator
- Mira Murati (born 1988), CTO of OpenAI
- Mira Nair (born 1957), Indian-American film director
- Mira Nakashima (born 1942), Japanese-American architect and furniture maker
- Mira Petrović (born 1956), Serbian politician
- Mira Shaib, Lebanese direcgor
- Mira Sorvino (born 1967), American actress
- Mira Stupica (1923–2016), Serbian actress
- Mira Topić (born 1983), Croatian volleyball player
- Mira W. (Widjaja) (born 1951), Indonesian author
- Mira Zimińska (1901-1997), Polish actress
- Mira (born 1992), Hong Kong YouTuber
Fictional characters
- Mira Kano, a character from the manga and Netflix series Alice in Borderland
- Mira (ミラ), a character from She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man
- Mira Ackerman (ミラ・アッカーマン), a character from the anime Godannar
- Mira Dianus Artemina (ミラ・ディアノス・アルテミーナ), a character from the manga series Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
- Mira Hanayashiki (花屋敷 ミラ), a character from the anime Sekkō Boys
- Mira Konohata (木ノ幡 みら), a character from the manga series Koisuru Asteroid
- Mira Nova, a character from Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
- Mira Yamana (山奈 ミラ), a character from Trinity Seven
- Mira Yurizaki (百合崎 ミラ), a character from the manga series Dimension W
- Mira, a character from Animal Crossing: New Leaf
- Mira (Encantadia), a character in the video game Encantadia
- Mira, a character in The Last Legion
- Mira, title character of the Disney Jr video series Mira, Royal Detective
- Mira (Star Wars), a character in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- Mira, a character from the video game Zero Time Dilemma
- Mira Troy, a character in the 2022 film, Enola Holmes 2
See also
- Mirah (born 1974), American musician
- Mir (title)
- Mira
- Daihatsu Mira
- MIRA Ltd.
References
- F. P. Leverett, A New and Copious Lexicon of the Latin Language (Boston: Rice & Kendell, 1853), p. 539.
- Bruce Lansky, 100,000+ Baby Names (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006).
- Maneka Gandhi, The Penguin Book of Hindi Names (Penguin Books India, 1992)
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