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View Name: Mireille


MIREILLE
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: French
Meaning & History
From the Provençal name Mirèio, which was first used by the 19th-century poet Frederic Mistral. He probably derived it from the Provençal word mirar meaning "to admire".
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OTHER LANGUAGES: Mireia (Catalan), Mirela (Croatian), Mirella (Italian), Mirèio (Provençal), Mirela (Romanian), Mireia, Mireya (Spanish)
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