Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. /ˈmɪr.jɑm/(Dutch) /ˈmɪʁ.jam/(German) /ˈmir.jɑm/(Finnish)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Form of Miriam in several languages.

Related Names

VariantsMiriam(German) Marjaana, Mirjami(Finnish)
DiminutivesJaana, Mirja, Mirka(Finnish)
Other Languages & CulturesMarietjie(Afrikaans) Marie(Albanian) Mariam, Maryam(Arabic) Meriem(Arabic (Maghrebi)) Mari, Maria, Mariam, Meri(Armenian) Məryəm(Azerbaijani) Maryam(Bashkir) Maria, Miren, Maddi, Maia(Basque) Mariya, Maryia(Belarusian) Mary, Miriam(Biblical) Maria, Mariam(Biblical Greek) Miryam(Biblical Hebrew) Maria(Biblical Latin) Merjem, Merjema(Bosnian) Mari, Mai(Breton) Maria, Mariya, Mariela, Mariyka(Bulgarian) Maria, Mariona, Ona(Catalan) Maria(Corsican) Marija, Maja, Mara, Mare, Marica, Marijeta, Maša, Mia(Croatian) Marie, Miriam, Maja, Marika, Máša(Czech) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Majken, Maren, Mia, Mie(Danish) Mariyam(Dhivehi) Maleah, Malia, Maliyah, Maria, Marie, Mary, Maura, Miriam, Moira, Mae, Mamie, Maree, Mariah, Marinda, Marion, May, Mia, Mimi(English) Mariel(English (American)) Maria(Faroese) Mere(Fijian) Marie, Myriam, Manon, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise, Maryse(French) Maria, Maike, Mareike(Frisian) María, Maruxa(Galician) Mari, Mariam, Meri, Marika(Georgian) Maria, Meri, Marietta, Marika(Greek) Maryamu(Hausa) Malia(Hawaiian) Miriam, Miryam, Miri(Hebrew) Mariamne(History) Mária, Maja, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marietta, Marika, Mariska(Hungarian) María, Mæja(Icelandic) Maryam(Indonesian) Máire, Maura, Moira, Moyra, Muire, Máirín, Maureen(Irish) Maria, Miriam, Marica, Mariella, Marietta, Marika, Mia, Miriana(Italian) Mariyam(Kazakh) Maija, Marija, Māra, Mārīte(Latvian) Marija(Lithuanian) Marija, Maja, Mare(Macedonian) Mariam(Malay) Marija(Maltese) Moirrey, Voirrey(Manx) Mere(Maori) Malle, Molle(Medieval English) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Mai, Maiken, Maj, Maja, Maren, Mia, Mie(Norwegian) Maria(Occitan) Maryam(Persian) Maria, Miriam, Maja, Marietta, Marika, Mariola, Maryla, Marysia, Marzena(Polish) Maria, Miriam, Mariana, Mariazinha(Portuguese) Maria, Maricica(Romanian) Maria, Mariya, Marya, Manya, Marusya, Masha, Miya(Russian) Márjá(Sami) Mele(Samoan) Maria(Sardinian) Mhairi, Moira, Moyra(Scottish) Màiri, Moire(Scottish Gaelic) Marija, Maja, Mara, Marica(Serbian) Mária, Miriam, Maja, Marika, Miriama(Slovak) Marja(Sorbian) María, Míriam, Mariela, Marita, Mía, Miryam(Spanish) Maritza, Mariel(Spanish (Latin American)) Mariel(Spanish (Philippines)) Mariamu(Swahili) Mari, Maria, Marie, Miriam, Maj, Maja, Majken, Marika, Mia, My(Swedish) Maryam(Tatar) Mele(Tongan) Meryem(Turkish) Maria, Mariya, Mariyka, Marusya(Ukrainian) Mariyam, Maryam(Urdu) Meryem(Uyghur) Mareye(Walloon) Mair, Mari(Welsh) Mariama(Western African) Mirele(Yiddish)

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Name Days

Austria: April 2
Estonia: April 30
Hungary: August 22
Norway: July 5
Sweden: July 1

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Entry updated October 6, 2024