Miriam name - Meaning of Miriam
- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 9
- Usage
- Hebrew, English, German, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
- Pronounced
- MIR-ee-əm (English)
- Miriam Meaning
- Original Hebrew form of Mary. It is used in the Old Testament, where it belongs to the elder sister of Moses and Aaron. It has long been popular among Jews, and it has been used as an English Christian name since the Protestant Reformation. Miriam is the original Hebrew form of Mary. There are several possible meanings of Miriam or Miryam, some of them being: "lots of bitterness", "wished for child", "bitter", "rebellious". As a feminine given name it fluctuated in usage since the Protestant Reformation but currently is fairly popular in the United States.
Miriam Related Names
Variants: Mirjam (German), Miriame, Miryam, Myriam, Mariam, Maryam
Diminutive: Mirele (Yiddish)
Other Languages: Mariam, Maryam (Arabic), Mariam (Armenian), Maria, Miren, Maia (Basque), Maryia (Belarusian), Maria, Mariam (Biblical Greek), Maria (Biblical Latin), Mari (Breton), Mariya (Bulgarian), Maria, Mariona, Ona (Catalan), Maria (Corsican), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana, Maja, Mara, Mare, Marica, Maša, Mojca (Croatian), Marie, Madlenka, Maja, Marika, Máša (Czech), Mari, Maria, Marie, Maiken, Maja, Majken, Marianne, Mia (Danish), Maria, Marja, Mirjam, Jet, Maaike, Manon, Marianne, Marieke, Mariëtte, Marijke, Marijse, Marike, Mariska, Marita, Marjan, Meike, Mia, Mieke, Miep, Mies, Ria (Dutch), Maarja, Mari, Mirjam, Maarika, Marika (Estonian), Maaria, Maria, Marja, Marjaana, Marjo, Mirjam, Mirjami, Jaana, Maarika, Maija, Mari, Marianne, Marika, Marita, Maritta, Marjatta, Marjukka, Marjut, Miia, Mirja (Finnish), Marie, Myriam, Manon, Marianne, Marielle, Mariette, Marion, Marise (French), Maria, Maike, Mareike (Frisian), María (Galician), Mariam, Mariami, Meri (Georgian), Maria, Marika (Greek), Malia, Mele (Hawaiian), Mariamne (History), Mária, Mara, Mari, Marica, Marika, Mariska (Hungarian), Maria, Mæja (Icelandic), Maryam (Iranian), Máire, Maura, Moira, Mairenn, Máirín, Maureen, Maurine, Moyra (Irish), Maria, Marianna, Mariella, Marietta, Mimi (Italian), Marija (Latvian), Marija (Lithuanian), Marija (Macedonian), Moirrey, Voirrey (Manx), Mere (Maori), Malle, Molle (Medieval English), Mari, Maria, Marie, Maiken, Maja, Marianne, Mia (Norwegian), Maria (Occitan), Maria, Maja, Marika, Maryla, Marzena (Polish), Maria, Mariana, Marianita, Mariazinha (Portuguese), Maria (Romanian), Mariya, Marya, Manya, Maryana, Masha (Russian), Márjá (Sami), Màiri, Maura, Moira, Moyra (Scottish), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana, Maja, Mara, Marica (Serbian), Mária, Maja, Marika (Slovak), Marija, Mirjam, Mirjana, Maja, Marica, Maša, Mojca (Slovene), María, Marita (Spanish), Maritza (Spanish (Latin American) ), Mari, Maria, Marie, Maja, Majken, Marianne, Mia, My (Swedish), Meryem (Turkish), Mariya (Ukrainian), Meryem (Uyghur), Mair, Mari, Mairwen (Welsh)
Miriam Celebrities
Miriam Abety - writer, Miriam Bosse - writer, Miriam Colwell - writer, Miriam Dixon - writer, Miriam Gonzalez - model, Miriam Hopkins - actress, Miriam Kaul - jazz artist, Miriam Mandel - published author, Miriam McDonald - actress, Miriam Morales - writer, Miriam Raskin - writer, Miriam Sagan - writer, Miriam Were - writer,
