Myrîam

given name · Latin script

Myrîam is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: ° Variant spelling of )Miriam. This is the usual spelling of the name in France. Myrna ° Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic )Muirne, now also used elsewhere in the English-speaking world.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 843(inferred from the name graph)
  • BEBelgium≈1 in 1.1K
  • ESSpain1 in 779as Miriam

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Myrîam itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

107,719 named Miriam, 2020

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
387 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 770 (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MyrîamLatin(measured from records)
미리암Hangul(measured from records)
ΜύριαμGreek(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Myriam in FR France, US United States, ES Spain and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

° Variant spelling of )Miriam. This is the usual spelling of the name in France. Myrna ° Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic )Muirne, now also used elsewhere in the English-speaking world. It is associated with the film star Myrna Loy (1905-93). Variant: Morna.

Sources 3

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 29 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Myrîam counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Myrîam is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—107,719as Miriam1 in 3.1K108KMyriam257
FR France#161≈80,000 est.≈1 in 84399KMyriam387
BR Brazil—74,005as Miriam1 in 2.9K74K—1
ES Spain—64,208as Miriam1 in 77964KMyriam94
EC Ecuador—19,908as Miriam1 in 84920KMyriam15
BE Belgium#129≈11,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K27Myriam130
CR Costa Rica—5,196as Miriam1 in 9815.2K——
UY Uruguay—4,4011 in 7704.4K——

107,719 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling miriam. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INEC — civil registry names; Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Myrîam under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Myrîam mean, and where does it come from?
° Variant spelling of )Miriam. This is the usual spelling of the name in France. Myrna ° Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic )Muirne, now also used elsewhere in the English-speaking world. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon and 1 other source.
Is Myrîam a male or female name?
Myrîam is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Myrîam have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 108 thousand people named Miriam, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Myrîam most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Myrîam is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 770 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Myrîam?
In Uruguay, the national register counted 4,401 people named Myrîam, about 1 in 770 residents.
How common is Myrîam compared with other names?
In Belgium, Myrîam is the 129th most common given name of 59,589 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Myrîam” — the 129th most common given name in Belgium. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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