Mira (given name)

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Pronunciation MIR-ah		Gender Female
Word/name Albanian, Hebrew, Hindi, Latin, Slavic languages Meaning "goodness", "ocean", "peace", "prosperous" Related names Meera, Miranda, Miriam, Myra Amira

Mira is a feminine given name with varying meanings. In the Romance languages, it is related to the Latin words for "wonder" and "wonderful." In the various Slavic languages, it means "peace" and is often used as part of a longer name, such as Miroslava (masculine form: Miroslav) or Sławomira (masculine form: Sławomir). In Albanian language, it means "goodness" or "kindness". In Sanskrit, it means "ocean", "sea", "limit" or "boundary" In Hebrew, it is a derivative of Miriam or the female equivalent of Meir, meaning light.

It is distinct from "Myra" which has a different origin.

People with the given name include:

Mira Aroyo (born 1977), Bulgarian musician

Mira Awad (born 1975), Israeli-Arab actress and musician

Mira Bai or Meera (1498–1547), Hindu mystical singer and poet

Mira Craig (born 1982), Norwegian R&B singer and songwriter

Míra Emberovics (born 1988), Hungarian handball player

Mira Furlan (born 1955), Croatian actress and singer

Mira Golubović (born 1976), Serbian retired professional volleyball player

Mira Gonzalez (born 1992), American poet

Mira Konçi (born 1973), Albanian singer and songwriter

Mira Kuś (born 1958), Polish poet and journalist

Mira Lesmana (born 1964), Indonesian songwriter, film director and producer

Mira Leung (born 1989), Canadian retired figure skater

Mira Mihelič (1912-1985), Slovene writer and translator

Mira Nair (born 1957), Indian-American film director

Mira Sorvino (born 1967), American actress

Mira Topić (born 1983), Croatian volleyball player

Mira W. (Widjaja) (born 1951), Indonesian author

Mira Zimińska (1901-1997), Polish actress

References

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