Mireille
2025 SSA
About Mireille
A pretty name that may pose pronunciation problems for non-French speakers or those who've never encountered it, but it is worth the effort. Pronounced meer-AY (or closer to MEE-RAY in French), it comes from the Occitan word mirar meaning "to admire".
Popular in France in the 20th century, it peaked in 1949 when it briefly entered the Top 20, however, it has been out of style in its native country since the 80s. In the US, it was given to just 13 girls in 2025, making it a rare choice.
International forms of the name include the Spanish Mireya and Mireia , the Italian Mirella, and the Albanian and Croatian Mirela.
Pronounced meer-AY.
As of October 2026, Mireille ranked #8698 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3072 in 1969.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | #4,312 | 33 | 19.4 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Mireille on lists
Famous Mireilles
- (Marie) Mireille Enos
American actress
- Mireille d'Allance
French children's author and illustrator
- Mireille Mathieu
French singer
- Mireille Silcoff
Canadian novelist and journalist
- Mireille Dansereau
French film director
- Mireille Darc
French actress
- Mireille Guiliano
French chef and author
- Mireille Best
French novelist
Mireille in pop culture
- Mireille Belleau
character on TV's "French in Action"
- "Mireille
" opera by Charles Gounod and its main character
- Mireille Caquet
minor character in the TV show "Miraculous Ladybug"