Meaning and Origin of: Miranda

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Extraordinary; to be admired; beautiful
  • Latin : An aromatic shrub

Girl name variations

Myranda
Meranda
Mira
Randy
Mandy
Myra
Myrah
Myrra

Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish, Portuguese, and Jewish (Sephardic) : habitational name from any of numerous places in Spain and Portugal called Miranda. The derivation of the place name is uncertain; it may be of pre-Roman origin, or from Latin miranda ‘view’, ‘outlook’.

Famous people who gave their babies this name

Rob Schneider