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Miriam or Mireille?
Which do you like better for a girl? Mireille is pronounced mee-RAY.
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Miriam
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Mireille
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Miriam.
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Mireille
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MiriamIf for no other reason than ease of pronunciation.
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Definitely Miriam, though Mireille is nice as well. Btw, it's not quite pronounced Mi-RAY, the final sound is more "consonanty" (not sure how I'd trascribe it in English). I think she'd have often to correct the spelling and pronounciation of her name, in an English-speaking context.
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I love both, but Miriam wins by a whisker owing to its antiquity and Bibical roots.
Miri makes a cute nn.
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Miriam.Mireille is pretty cool too, but I love Miriam.
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Miriam
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Mireille
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I prefer Miriam to Mireille, though I prefer Mariam to Miriam.
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I prefer Miriam. Miri is a cute nn.
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I like them both, but Mireille is less overused, so... Mireille. I like the look of Miriam better, though. Double Ls tend to turn me off.
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Miriam
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I like the pronunciation of the latter, but I have a tough time looking at it and getting that out of it. So Miriam by default, which is a shame, because I dislike Miriam.
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