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MIRIAM
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GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Hebrew, English, German, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
OTHER SCRIPTS: מִרְיָם (Hebrew)
PRONOUNCED: MIR-ee-əm (English) [key]
Meaning & History
Original Hebrew form of MARY. It is used in the Old Testament, where it belongs to the elder sister of Moses and Aaron. It has long been popular among Jews, and it has been used as an English Christian name since the Protestant Reformation.
Related Names
VARIANT: Mirjam (German) DIMINUTIVE: Mirele (Yiddish) OTHER LANGUAGES: Mariam, Maryam (Arabic), Mariam (Armenian), Maria, Miren, Maia (Basque), Maria, Mariam (Biblical Greek), Maria (Biblical Latin), Mari (Breton), Mariya (Bulgarian), Maria (Catalan), Maria (Corsican), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana, Maja, Mara, Mare, Marica, Maša, Mojca (Croatian), Marie, Madlenka, Maja, Marika, Máša (Czech), Mari, Maria, Marie, Maiken, Maja, Majken, Marianne, Mia (Danish), Maria, Marja, Mirjam, Maaike, Manon, Marianne, Marieke, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Mariska, Marita, Marjan, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria (Dutch), Maarja, Mari, Mirjam, Maarika, Marika (Estonian), Maaria, Maria, Marja, Marjaana, Marjo, Mirjam, Mirjami, Jaana, Maarika, Maija, Mari, Marianne, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marjukka, Marjut, Miia, Mirja (Finnish), Marie, Myriam, Manon, Marianne, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise (French), Maria, Maike, Mareike (Frisian), María (Galician), Mariam (Georgian), Maria, Marika (Greek), Malia, Mele (Hawaiian), Mariamne (History), Mária, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marika, Mariska (Hungarian), Maria, Mæja (Icelandic), Maryam (Iranian), Máire, Maura, Moira, Mairenn, Máirín, Maureen, Maurine, Moyra (Irish), Maria, Marianna, Mariella, Marietta, Mimi (Italian), Marija (Latvian), Marija (Lithuanian), Marija (Macedonian), Moirrey, Voirrey (Manx), Mere (Maori), Malle, Molle (Medieval English), Mari, Maria, Marie, Maiken, Maja, Marianne, Mia (Norwegian), Maria (Occitan), Maria, Maja, Marika, Maryla, Marzena (Polish), Maria, Mariana, Marianita, Mariazinha (Portuguese), Maria (Romanian), Mariya, Marya, Manya, Maryana, Masha (Russian), Màiri, Maura, Mhairi, Moira, Moyra (Scottish), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana, Maja (Serbian), Mária, Maja, Marika (Slovak), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana, Maja, Marica, Maša, Mojca (Slovene), María, Marita (Spanish), Maritza (Spanish (Latin American)), Mari, Maria, Marie, Maja, Majken, Marianne, Mia, My (Swedish), Meryem (Turkish), Mariya (Ukrainian), Mair, Mari, Mairwen (Welsh) Popularity
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