Miranda

I didn't think much of the name growing up (it's my name) but as I've gotten older I love it more and more. Feminine but not too sugary sweet (like Mandy for example) nor plain like Melissa, Amanda etc. It's uncommon enough for it to seem a bit exclusive in some way. It has a very beautiful, noble and elegant vibe about it. These connotations probably come from all the Miranda's in popular culture - the brave and beautiful heroine from Shakespeare's The Tempest, Miranda Priestly the stylish and regal fashion editor in Devil Wears Prada, the high powered and whip-smart lawyer Miranda from Sex and the City, not to mention Miranda Kerr the Victoria's Secret supermodel.
There's also a mermaid called Miranda I believe, so beauty, classicism and myth seems to be inextricably linked to the name in some way. I consider it a name along the same vibes as Isabelle, Genevieve, Adeline etc. Classical and vintage but Miranda also has a modern edge to it. Then again, it really depends on where you are from. In the UK, it's seen as a classy, Shakespearean sort of name, but I met some Dutch people and they told me Miranda there is along the same lines as Mercedes or Chelsea! Haha
When I was in school my teacher used to often purposely make me read the part of Miranda from Shakespeare's The Tempest. All very embarrassing at the time but I can laugh about it now. Everyone calls me Miri for short, some call me Mimi.

This name screams early to mid 2010s' for me, which is a good thing. I have a lot of nostalgia for that decade.

I changed my mind, Miranda is a hideous name, and it reminds me of that narcissist Miranda Taylor Cosgrove.

I adore this name. It really sounds pretty and wonderful 😍.

Miranda is certainly a special name….

Relooking at my comment, I realize how it can be interpreted as negative. I just wanted to say that I absolutely love the name Miranda, and I think that it’s a beautiful name for a girl. I’m surprised that it isn’t very popular.

I love the name Miranda! But unfortunately my cousin's name is Amanda, so I would not be able to use it, it's also a little too old fashioned for my liking, but either than that it is a beautiful name!

Love the name, but it's an oldy!

I never paid Miranda much attention until now but this name is stunning. It just shimmers and shines, that’s what makes it so beautiful. The meaning is wonderful, and the name itself is very distinguishing, sophisticated, and different. The fact that it’s the name of a moon is so cool. What a delightful name. I’d love this for a daughter.

It has a special charm to it for me, I think it's very sweet.

I've always thought the name Miranda was enchantingly beautiful.

Miranda is a pretty and gorgeous name.

I adore my name & the meaning. I receive many compliments & it's not a common name. I've only ever met one other Miranda in my life. The only issue I've ever had growing up was that once in a blue moon, some schmuck with a bland name would say Miranduhhhh. Other than that, I love my name! I like the mysterious & mythical vibe of it.

Magical
Incredible
Rare
Admirable
Nice
Dreamy
Amazing

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LOVE THE NAME.

Beautiful and perfect!

Very dated!

Wonderful name, Miranda, just sounds mature and serious, so I think it's a great name! I like it a lot!

It seems very dated, but I really like it!

It’s much much much much better than Mandy.

I love this and may one day consider using it.

I dislike it. I find the sound of it unappealing.

Very boring in my opinion.

I like Mera as a nickname.

I used to find my name pretty boring, but I really quite like it now that I know the meaning. It's never been needed to give me a nickname, which is good for me because I really don't quite like nicknames.

Well, I LOVE the name Miranda. It's my own name anyway. I won't say my surname, but my first and middle names are Miranda Lilith. Anyway, when I was in primary school, people called me "Miranda Sings", "Big Lips" and "Disgusting Hair" all because that stupid girl Miranda Sings ruined the name. BUT, I still love it. To all people who have a classmate\knows someone called Miranda, please never call her Miranda Sings because it's annoying.

My name's Miranda and I hate it. I don’t think it suits me at all. I wouldn’t have hated it as much if Miranda Sings hadn’t ruined it (and my childhood). I also really hate the way it sounds. I have two first names, my actual first name is Maja (pronounced Maya) since my parents couldn’t decide, then I was still called Miranda and it’s a little late to change it now. My middle name is Gabriella which I also think is a really pretty name and I wish it was my first name.

My name is Miranda! I definitely don't think it's overused, there are a fair amount of famous Mirandas but I've only met two or three Mirandas in real life. I like it, but I really prefer the nickname "Mia". However, this isn't a very natural nickname for Miranda, so no one calls me that, unfortunately.

My name is Miranda, and I really like it. When I was younger I wanted my name to be something more common because I didn't know anyone else by the name. When I was a little older my mom told me that the other name she considered for me was Lindsay. At the time, I liked Lindsay better for me, but not anymore. When I started middle school I started doing research on my name, and now I am very proud of my name and its origins. I am now in high school and while I like my name, I found out that I'm one of six Mirandas in the school. I am the only one in my grade, but I do have a class with another Miranda, which gets annoying at times. When I'm walking in the hallways and someone calls out Miranda, I don't even bother turning around anymore because they usually aren't talking to me! It's a one out of six chance. But overall, I am proud of the name my parents have given me and would never change it to anything else.

My name is Miranda, and I've always loved it. I never thought it was over-used, quite the opposite in fact. I've met two other people with this name (one spelled it Meranda) and that was a few years ago. The one thing I would say about this name is that with me people tend to think it's a last name, since it's a Spanish last name (ex. Lin Manuel Miranda) but it never bothered me too much. In all honesty I've had more problems with my actual last name than anything but that's besides the point.

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Anyway, a few nicknames could be Mira, Randi, and I saw Annie in the comments too which I think is cute. I don't have a nickname that goes with my name, everyone usually calls me Miranda. Ironically my brother's name is Randy, which I find funny considering it is a nickname for my name but I don't think my mom realized that until later.

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It's all up to the person who uses the name I think. Everyone's preferences are different so just go with what speaks to you.

Every time I heard of Miranda I thought of a very beautiful maiden, mermaid, siren or other sea ladies. It reminds me of sea, but I would rather choose it for a name of a book character, for a girl I would use Amanda.

My name is Miranda, and I used to hate it, but now that I know my favorite author (Lucy Maud Montgomery) likes it, I like it too.

Personally, I love this name! It reminds me of a sweet and courageous girl, and it's certainly the type of name you can grow up with. Another thing I like about it is that this name has multiple nickname alternatives. Now I'm hoping that this name doesn't get too popular and overused so that I can use it on my future daughter!

I agree that Mira is a fabulous nickname, but why would you have a nickname with such a fabulous name altogether? You could have Mira for a name, or Miranda for a name, but don't nickname yourself Mira if you already have a beautiful name like Miranda. I don't know a single Miranda, so I imagine it is uncommon.

I ♥ the name Miranda! I've always seen it as a colourful, exotic, fun & cheerful girly name. It makes me think of holidays, islands and lots of sunshine! Also, it reminds me of the nice soft drink Mirinda. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧.

I feel this name should be used more- it's a classic, Shakespearean and most of all has a amazing meaning. It's easy to find middle names, like, here goes, Miranda Snow, Miranda Belle, Miranda Ariel, Miranda Hope, Miranda Faith, Miranda Paris, Miranda Amour, Miranda Sophia, Miranda Grace and Miranda Gwen. This name is just cool, so just use it!

There's something weird about this name and I can't put my finger on it. I don't like it at all.

This name isn't really my usual style, but I have to say its beautiful! I don't know why people are saying its "overused", I personally have yet to meet someone named Miranda. I'm not too fond of mandi and randi as nicknames, but I think Annie would be cute. However, I think just Miranda is the best. It's elegant, not very popular anymore, and will age well with the bearer. Lovely name :)

I saw someone who spelled it Myrrhanda.

It´s also a portuguese and Spanish surname.

I love this name and Miranda Kerr is a great namesake.

Always butchered with Amanda or Mariah.

This name makes me think of Miranda Kerr and The Tempest. I think it's a nice enough name but I would never use it. I do like how it means admirable and 'admired' sort of looks like a mixed-up version of Miranda. In The Tempest, Ferdinand says 'Admired Miranda' when Miranda tells him her name. (I'm studying it at school at the moment).

This is the 3rd greatest girls name in the world. I love the nickname Mia for it.

I like Miranda. It's better than a lot of the frillier, trendier names out there. Something I recently noticed is that there's "Iran" in the middle of it. mIRANda. Eh, whatever. Cool name.

Highly unattractive name, although I do like it's nickname, Randy, as a given name.

I have a really good friend named Miranda, so I'm more than a little biased. I hadn't really heard of the name before I met my friend, and it's certainly not common around my neck of the woods. I think it's a really pretty, unique name. Another nickname could also be Randa, which is what I sometimes call my friend (even though it's part of a really strange inside-joke, I still like it XD)

Miranda makes me think of a powerful teenage girl, the sea, grace and admiration. Probably because I was in 'The Tempest' in which the female lead is Miranda. I also know a girl named Miranda who played her character. She made me think of her. I would love to use this name in one of my books.

I love this name. It is my surname and I would call my baby girl that if in my country the names are: 1st name, middle name, mother's surname, dad's surname. Like my last name is Miranda, my child would have to be called Miranda TWO times.

This name is gorgeous with so much going for it - great meaning, elegant, beautiful, steeped in English literature, and not overused.

My opinion is probably a little biased (Seeing as how my name is Miranda). But, I have always loved my name and everyone tells me that they like it too. It is a very English sounding name. I wouldn't change it even if someone gave me one-million dollars! :)

I hate this name. I feel like it has a horrible sound and I'm just unhappy saying it.

A bit too fancy, but there are worse names.

A genuinely enchanting name. I can't understand why people keep saying it is "overused" - it isn't in the Top 100 of ANY country! I mean, what exactly is their definition of "overused"?

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Although there are a few famous Mirandas and several fictional Mirandas, it is rare to actually meet a person in real life with this name.

Beautiful name! Love it!

Gorgeous name. I absolutely love Miranda. It sounds so soft and feminine and beautiful! This name is not used enough! I wish my name was Miranda.

I have a sister named Miranda. We call her Mirda and Randa, but mostly Randa.
I like the name, but not the meaning. But that's just because I don't find my sister that admirable.

I fell in love with this name after seeing it in Shakespeare's "The Tempest." I then looked it up in a baby book and the name's meaning was listed as "strange; wonderful; admirable" and I fell in love with it even more. It's a very beautiful, classic, feminine name. Elegant, but not stuck up. I don't think that the name is overused and I would love to hear it more often.

My name is Miranda and when I was younger people thought my name was Amanda because of the same anda sound at the end. But now it seems more common and formal. But every time I hear someone call the name Amanda I always look. The nickname my family calls me is Mirandy or Mandy.

Such a precious name.
I usually go by Miri or Mia.

This name is gorgeous! I love the meaning.

I really like this name, I think it's really modern but also has a great history to it, and I also think it would suit any age. :)

This is my name & I love it. My brother & my cousins had trouble pronouncing it when we were younger, so instead it came out like Randa or Mandi. So Mandi is my nickname.

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I hated being called Mandi at first (mostly because it's a nickname for Amanda) but it rubbed off, & now I'm fine with it. My roomie's name is Miranda also, she goes by M.

This is my name and I love it. The only thing that irritates me is that people want to insist that my name is Amanda. Which is why I now go by the nickname Mira.

This is my name except mine is spelled with two R's rather than one. It is a very pretty, feminine name. There are many nicknames for it too like Mira, Mirr, Andy, Randy, Randa, Mimi. I have noticed that it is becoming more popular.

My middle name is Myranda. I considered going by it at some point in school, but decided against it because I knew so many Miranda's in school. I met a girl with it for her first name and she spelt it the same, and our nicknames were Mandy and Randy. I still like the name a lot, meaning and all :] my family calls me Randy *shrugs*. I joke around with my name since Uranus was discovered on my birthday, and Miranda is the name of one of its moons.

Such an awful name! I hate the sound of it. I haven't met any Mirandas, only saw one on TV.

Such a nice name! I love the sound of it, the spelling looks pretty also. Very nice name, sounds cute on a small girl and she can grow into the name too!

This is quite a beautiful name, but overused, and I hate the nickname Randi. I think this name would sound better pronounced ''mi-RUN-duh'', which is how Europeans would pronounce the name.

My name is Miranda and overall, I would have to say I love this name. Miranda is NOT an overused name, I could probably count on 2 hands how many Mirandas I've met in my life. I actually find it exciting when I meet one because it's rare. I normally go by Miranda, but one of my church friends came up with Mirda, and that's kind of stuck with lots of people for me. I really dislike the other nicknames besides like Ran Ran and Mir Mir for little kids.

It's grown on me a little, but it will always remind me of that weird phase I went through in fifth grade where I found the moon Miranda really creepy after a field trip to the planetarium.

It's my name and I DO like it. I think it's unusual and I love that it means "admirable." It's intelligent, different, and beautiful.

My name is Miranda and I love it! :] There has only been one time in school where there were two Mirandas in a class of mine. And it was a little confusing, so the teacher just called us Miranda 1 & Miranda 2. Overall, I've enjoyed having this name. I was named after Miranda in the Tempest. And I usually go by Miranda, but my nicknames include Mir, Ran Ran, Mira, Mandy and Randi. Someone even came up with Mirandom, which works perfectly because I'm quite random.

I love this name! I first came across it when I was about eleven years old in the novel "Dragonwyck" by Anya Seton and I've loved it ever since then. When I was a teenager my sisters used to ridicule me for liking it and said that all they could think of when they heard it was Carmen Miranda. I just thought that they were showing no class or sophistication when they said things like that. According to the popularity charts it's really not that overused. If I had ever had a second daughter I would have strongly considered this name.

This is my name and I absolutely love it! It is not overused. I don't really like the nicknames that go along with it. I just go by Miranda.

Miranda is my name, and I love it! I have found it's not too common, and there are plenty of nicknames you can make out of it such as Mrnda, Randa, Mira, etc. But I always go by Miranda. Great meaning, great sounding, great name.

I think Miranda is a cool name. If I had a twin, her name would be Miranda. I think that's cool, because my name is Ariel, and both names are moons of the planet Uranus. My parents didn't actually know that at the time. Her middle name would've been after my grandmother.
I only know 2 people with the name, but one is spelled Myranda. I think it's an interesting name that really isn't that common -- I know more people with my name than people named Miranda.

It's my name, and I like it well enough. Not MANY people have it, but I have met one or two other Mirandas. It has a very upperclass and formal feeling to it, so I tend to use nicknames: Mimi, Mira, Mrnda, Mrr-Mrr.

My impression of the name has been ruined by characters in novels I've read. I don't really like the pronunciation either, but I really really like the nickname Mira for it. I also know a Miranda who is the sweetest person in the world. So I guess my perception of the name can't really be correct.

My name is Miranda and I don't like it. It's too common, and for those who don't belive me in school there was girl several years ahead of me and she had the same name as I. And also I was in the SAME class as another 'Miranda' from first to fourth grade. Do you have ANY Idea how annoying that is? And then people get confused and call me Amanda or Samantha.

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The name has become very popular thanks to T.V.

For some reason the name Miranda makes me think of the other name Amanda so I think Amanda and Miranda would be good names for twins.

My name is Meranda. It is said the same way but it is spelled different, it makes me feel different. But anyway I like the name Meranda because it's not very common.

This name is beautiful. It's a name that is different from the usual names that I choose but I love it. It's kinda mysterious and strong yet also lovely and gentle. Very different name!!

Ha! Great name! I am writing a novel in which the *hem* amazing main character is named Miranda, and she is very entertaining. Great book. If I ever publish it.

Miranda is a beautiful name that evokes grace, independence and admirable talent.

I love this name. It sounds classy and mysterious. Though, I don't like the nicknames Randy, Mandy or Manda which sound annyoing. Mindy is fine but I prefer just Miranda.

I have always liked this name. Very pretty, feminine but strong. I haven't found that it is overused.

The meaning fits this name. I like it.

A pretty name.

I feel the name is over-used, although I have a friend named Miranda who is very intelligent and I've found that several of the name's bearers are anything but ordinary. Famous bearer - Miranda Otto (Lord of the Rings, Flight of the Pheonix, War of the Worlds).