Mira

Meaning and origin of Mira

Popularity of Mira in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Mira has been rising fast (+12.3% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Mira every 8.5 schools, all spellings combined.

Mira in English-speaking countries

Mira ranks 103^rd in Ontario (Canada), 110^th in British Columbia (Canada) and 201^st in New Zealand, against 248^th in France.

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  110^th girls’ name83 babies in 3 years1 girl in 478+7.9% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  103^rd girls’ name295 babies in 3 years1 girl in 524+11.8% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  201^st girls’ name57 babies in 3 years1 girl in 737

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  313^th girls’ name38 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,707

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  341^st girls’ name29 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,875

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  375^th girls’ name2,488 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,942+5.2% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  347^th girls’ name372 babies in 3 years1 girl in 2,064+8.4% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  493^rd girls’ name5 babies in 3 years1 girl in 4,502

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Mira and Mïra are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Mïra5
• Mihra (in French)140
• Myra (in French)125
• Mirha (in French)30
• Mirra10
• Myrah10
• Mirah10

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Mira

• Lara
• Tiana
• Roza
• Tania
• Maxine
• Jana
• Flora
• Norah
• Stella
• Pauline
• Laura
• Lucy

See also

• →French names of Latin origin