Miranda

Latin
"marvelous"

Miranda Origin and Meaning

The name Miranda is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "marvelous".

Miranda, a shimmeringly lovely, poetic name that was invented by Shakespeare for the beautiful and admirable young heroine of his play, The Tempest, is still a recommended choice even though its popularity peaked in the 1990's, partially as an antidote to Amanda. But while Amanda now sounds dated, Miranda retains a good measure of its charm.

Miranda made a big impression in Sex and the City and The Devil Wore Prada and was also a Harry Potter character--Miranda Goshawk, author of a Book of Spells. She was a Bond Girl in Die Another Day.

Attractive real life Mirandas currently on the scene include actress Cosgrove, singer Lambert and model Kerr.

# 576 in the US

Miranda Rank in US Top 1000

# 791 on Nameberry

Miranda Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Miranda Popularity

Famous People Named Miranda

  • Miranda Sings
    YouTube personality
  • Miranda Taylor Cosgrove
    American actress and singer
  • Miranda Leigh Lambert
    American country music singer
  • Miranda Jane Richardson
    English actress
  • Miranda Otto
    Australian actress
  • Miranda Carabello
    American actress
  • Miranda Katherine Hart
    English actress and comedian
  • Miranda Jennifer July
    American actress
  • Miranda May Kerr
    Australian supermodel
  • Miranda Chartrand
    Canadian singer
  • Miranda Caroline Raison
    English actress
  • Miranda Jane Seymour
    English novelist and critic
  • Miranda (born Lady Diana Miranda Cardona)
    Colombian singer
  • Miranda Krestovnikoff
    English TV presenter
  • Miranda Lee
    Australian romance novelist
  • Lin
    Manuel Miranda, American composer and playwright
  • Miranda Vega Paparozzi
    granddaughter of actress Nancy Sinatra
  • Miranda Scarlett Schneider (b. 2012)
    daughter of actor Rob Schneider
  • Miranda "Miri" Chamberlain
    author of the webcomic "Riverside Extras"

Miranda in Pop Culture

  • Miranda
    character in Shakespeare's "The Tempest"
  • Miranda Evans
    character in "Life as We Knew it" & " The World We Live In"
  • Miranda Mackintosh
    to whom Hilaire Belloc wrote the poem "Tarantella"
  • Miranda Hobbes
    a main character on TV's "Sex and the City"
  • Miranda Bailey
    character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
  • Miranda Sanchez
    character on TV's "Lizzie McGuire"
  • Miranda Priestly
    character in book/film "The Devil Wears Prada"
  • Miranda Carroll
    character in " Station Eleven"
  • Miranda Dawkins
    the Doctor's daughter in Doctor Who's Eighth Doctor Adventure novels
  • Miranda Goshawk
    character in the Harry Potter series
  • Miranda
    character in the 1989 movie Chances Are
  • Miranda Lucas
    Payne, character on TV's "House of Payne"
  • Miranda
    a planet in Firefly film "Serenity"
  • Miranda
    a character on TV's "W.I.T.C.H."
  • Miranda Frost
    character in the Bond film "Die Another Day"
  • Miranda II
    a spaceship in Transformers: Energon
  • Miranda
    the smallest moon of the planet Uranus
  • Miranda Morales
    minor character on TV's "The Walking Dead"
  • Miranda "Randy" Melendy
    ballerina in Elizabeth Enright's Saturday series
  • Miranda Feigelsteen
    character on Canadian TV series "Mysterious Ways"
  • Miranda Johnson/Javensen
    character in "The Face on the Milk Carton"
  • Miranda
    character in "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
  • Miranda Collins
    character on TV's "Ravenswood"
  • Miranda Lawson
    character in video games Mass Effect 2 and 3
  • Miranda Shellhorn
    character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
  • Queen Miranda
    Sofia's mother in animated series "Sofia the First"
  • Miranda Hillard
    character in the film "Mrs. Doubtfire"
  • Miranda Crane
    character on TV's "Supergirl"
  • Miranda
    schoolgirl who goes missing in "Picnic at Hanging Rock" by Joan Lindsay
  • Miranda Tate
    character in 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises
  • Miranda Corneille
    character in the Canadian webcomic "User Friendly"
  • Miranda Keyes
    character in the Halo video game series
  • Miranda Killgallen
    a character in animated series "As Told By Ginger"
  • Miranda Kincaid
    character in "A Kiss Before You Leave Me" by James Hulbert
  • Miranda Montgomery
    character on American soap "All My Children"
  • Miranda Wright
    a character on TV's "Bonkers"
  • Miranda Grey
    a character in "The Collector" by John Fowles
  • "Miranda
    " song by Fleetwood Mac
  • Miranda Vanderbilt
    character from game "Monster Prom"
  • Miranda Veracruz de la Hoya Cardinal
    character on TV show "Married...With Children" – Latina local news reporter originally from Ecuador whose catchphrase is simply saying her name. She is typically assigned to cover the pathetic news stories in which the Bundys inevitably involve themselves. She often laments the sad state of her career while on the air.
  • Miranda Barlow/Hamilton
    character on TV's "Black Sails"