Mirjam
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Mirjam is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country. In Namibia it is the 7th most common given name. Recorded meaning: ) Miriam; Mirijam; Myriam: aus der Bibel übernommener weibl.
- NLNetherlands1 in 935(measured from records)
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 2.2K
- SESweden1 in 3.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 178 (measured from records)
- 1 in 659 (inferred from the name graph)
18,485 people
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
) Miriam; Mirijam; Myriam: aus der Bibel übernommener weibl. Vom. he bräischen (aramäischen) Ursprungs. Die griechische und lateinische Form von Mirjam ist
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mirjam 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | #146 | 18,485 | 1 in 935 | 18K | Mirjam | 128 |
| DE Germany | #742 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.9K | 1 | Mirjam | 178 |
| FI Finland | — | 8,451 | 1 in 659 | 27K | Mirjam | 20 |
| CH Switzerland | #243 | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Mirjam | 99 |
| SE Sweden | #961 | 2,746 | 1 in 3.7K | 2.7K | Mirjam | 37 |
| NA Namibia | #7 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | 1 | Mirjam | 9 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 1,184 | 1 in 1.8K | 1.2K | — | 10 |
18,485 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); the de-leipzig-vornamen register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SURS — resident population given names; ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mirjam Vire-Tuominenb. 1919FIFinnish politician
- Mirjam Presslerb. 1940DEGerman writer and translator (1940–2019)
- Mirjam Mousb. 1963NLDutch writer
- Micky Hoogendijkb. 1970NLnot in their usual nameDutch actress and photographer
- Mirjam Ottb. 1972CHSwiss curler (born 1972)
- Mirjam Weichselbraunb. 1981ATAustrian television presenter
- Susanne Thorsonb. 1981SEnot in their usual nameSwedish actress
- Mirjam Heimannb. 1981DEGerman actress
- Mirjam Novakb. 1985DEGerman actress
- Mirjam Puchnerb. 1992ATAustrian female alpine skier
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 54 sources across 30 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 27K | #84 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 18K | #116 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 15K | #259 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 8.5K | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 2.7K | #883 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 1.2K | — |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2021 | 1.2K | #183 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2022 | 1.2K | #185 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2025 | 1.2K | #185 |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 1.2K | #349 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 48 | #6,868 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 10 | #37,546 |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Mirjam have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 18 thousand people named Mirjam, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mirjam.
- Where is Mirjam most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Mirjam is densest in Finland — about 1 in 659 people — even though Netherlands holds more of our records for it.
- What does the name Mirjam mean?
- Recorded meaning: ) Miriam; Mirijam; Myriam: aus der Bibel übernommener weibl.
- Is Mirjam a male or female name?
- Mirjam 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.
- What are other forms of the name Mirjam?
- In the etymology graph, Maria, Mary and Marie are forms of the same name in other languages; Mirja and Jaana are recorded short or pet forms.
- How common is the name Mirjam?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 18,485 people named Mirjam, about 1 in 935 residents.
- How common is Mirjam compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Mirjam is the 146th most common given name of 101,916 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, “Mirjam” — the 146th most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.