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I love Miranda because I feel an immediate connection with the Latin root and it seems so celebratory and beautiful

Miranda has been one of my favorite names since high school - enough that I could easily see myself on using it for a daughter, should I ever have a daughter. Marinda... just feels like an -inda elaboration of Mary, and I'm not overly fond of -inda names.

My name is Marinda.
People always think I misspelled my name and "correct" to to Miranda.
I don't like my name.

Miranda

I've actually never seen Marinda before! I definitely prefer it to Miranda, which I always found rather off-putting. Marinda may be confusing for some I suppose, but it's much more interesting to me.

I didn’t know Miranda had variants. Marinda reminds me of ‘marinate’ so that’s a no.

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Miranda is very timeless and pretty.

I'm used to seeing Marinda on Afrikaans women and girls, though it seems rather dated. I far prefer Miranda, and if only the obvious nn for it wasn't Randy, I'd certainly consider using it as a fn. As it is, a mn would be safer.

I think a lot of people would misread Marina as Miranda.

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Miranda is very elegant, Shakespearean yet modern. I like it a lot.

Miranda has a lovely sound to me, and it’s definitely my favorite! (If anything I associate it with the Mass Effect character rather than Miranda Sings XD) I’d never heard of Marinda, and I fear I would mistake it for Miranda a lot, but I think it has it’s own charm :D the Mari- beginning is nice.