Pronunciation | MIR-ah |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Arabic, Albanian, Hebrew, Latin, Sanskrit, Slavic, Indian, Korean, Finnish, Japanese, Turkish |
Meaning | "peaceful", "wonderful", "good", "kind", "ocean", "sea", "limit" |
Other names | |
Related names | Miranda, Myra, Meera, Mireliana, Miriam, Mila |
Mira is a feminine given name with varying meanings. In the Romance languages, it is related to the Latin word ''mirus'' for 'wonder' and 'wonderful'.[1][2][3] In Slavic languages, it means 'peace' and is often used as part of a longer name, such as Miroslava (masculine form: Miroslav), Mirjana, or Sławomira (masculine form: Sławomir). In Albanian, it means 'goodness' or 'kindness'. In Sanskrit, it means 'ocean', 'sea', 'limit', or 'boundary'.[4] It is sometimes also a short form of other given names.