Gender Feminine
Usage Finnish
Pronounced Pron. /ˈmir.jɑ.mi/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Finnish form of Miriam.

Related Names

VariantsMarjaana, Mirjam
DiminutivesJaana, Mirja, Mirka
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) Maria, Marie, Marjo, Mirjam, Jet, Maaike, Manon, Marieke, Mariëlle, Mariëtte, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Mariska, Marita, Marja, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria(Dutch) Maleah, Malia, Maliyah, Maria, Marie, Mary, Maura, Miriam, Moira, Mae, Mamie, Maree, Mariah, Marinda, Marion, May, Mia, Mimi(English) Mariel(English (American)) Maarja, Mari, Maria, Mirjam, Maarika, Mai, Maia, Maie, Malle, Mare, Marika, Maris, Marje, Marju(Estonian) 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, Marie, Miriam, Mirjam, Maike, Maja, Mareike, Mariele, Marietta, Marika, Marita, Meike, Mia, Mitzi, Ria(German) 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) Marija, Mirjam, Maja, Manca, Mare, Marica, Maruša, Maša, Mia, Mija(Slovene) 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)

Name Days

Finland: April 30
Entry updated December 3, 2014