Mira

Girl name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• Galician and Portuguese : probably a habitational name from any of the places in Galicia and Portugal named Mira.
• Catalan : of uncertain origin; possibly from the Arabic personal name Amira, or a derivative of Mir.
• Italian : apparently from the personal name Mira, feminine form of Miro, from Late Latin Mirus and Mira, respectively, from Latin mirus ‘wonderful’, ‘marvellous’.
• Czech and Polish : from a pet form of any of various personal names formed with the element mir ‘peace’, ‘quiet’, ‘esteem’ (see Mir).

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• ​100 Names That Mean Peace for Your Baby
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