I was actually named for the moon of
Uranus, which blew up and yet came back together again. Mom saw it on a
Nova episode and liked it. But since
Uranus's moons are all named after Shakespeare's characters...
Although the name Admiranda is attested to in 1231/32 (
http://snipurl.com/8wbl), Shakespeare probably invented
Miranda independently c. 1611 for his play
The Tempest.
And that was probably much more than you ever wanted to know, lol.
Miranda
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