Mirta
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Mirta is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country, where it is the 94th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Latin/Greek for 'myrtle'; a name linked to Aphrodite.
- ARArgentina≈1 in 231(inferred from the name graph)
- UYUruguay1 in 343
- PYParaguay≈1 in 559
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.
- Argentina (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 239 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 231 (inferred from the name graph)
≈200,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Argentina, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Latin/Greek for 'myrtle'; a name linked to Aphrodite
Sources 1
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mirta 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #94 | ≈200,000 est. | ≈1 in 231 | 15 | Mirta | 113 |
| PY Paraguay | #109 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 559 | — | Mirta | 33 |
| UY Uruguay | #63 | 9,874 | 1 in 343 | 9.9K | Mirta | 40 |
| CL Chile | #291 | ≈7,900 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | 2 | Mirta | 62 |
| US United States | — | 4,942 | 1 in 67K | 4.9K | Mirta | 239 |
| PR Puerto Rico | #147 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | — | Mirta | 19 |
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: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Mirta is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, weibl. Vom., spanische und itaHenische
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Serbo-Croatian, myrtle (Myrtus gen. et spp.)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, Parastā mirte ("Myrtus communis")
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Sievietes vārds
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mirta Aguirreb. 1912CUCuban poet, novelist, journalist, activist (1912-1980)
- Mirta Acuña de Baravalleb. 1925ARArgentinian human rights activist
- Mirta Díaz-Balartb. 1928CUfirst wife of Fidel Castro (1928–2024)
- Mirtha Ibarrab. 1946CUnot in their usual nameCuban film, television and theater actress, director and screenwriter
- Mirta Busnellib. 1946ARArgentine actress (born 1946)
- Mirta Yáñezb. 1947CUCuban writer
- Mirta Massab. 1947ARArgentine model
- Mirta Millerb. 1948ARArgentine actress
- Mirta Wonsb. 1965ARArgentine actress
- Mirta NúñezESCuban-Spanish historian
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 60 sources across 34 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 9.9K | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 9.8K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4.9K | #3,943 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 42 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 15 | #1,785 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 5 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4 | #3,943 |
| AR Argentina | datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) | 2014 | 3 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror) | 2014 | 3 | — |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 2021 | 2 | — |
| UY Uruguay | Montevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012) | 2007 | 2 | — |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 1962 | 1 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- What does the name Mirta mean, and where does it come from?
- From Latin/Greek for 'myrtle'; a name linked to Aphrodite Recorded by Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios.
- What are other forms of the name Mirta?
- In the etymology graph, Myrthe, Mirte and Mirthe are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Mirta a male or female name?
- Mirta 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 Mirta have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 197 thousand people named Mirta in Argentina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mirta.
- How common is the name Mirta?
- In Uruguay, the national register counted 9,874 people named Mirta, about 1 in 343 residents.
- How common is Mirta compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Mirta is the 94th most common given name of 119,825 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Mirta?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mirtaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Mirta” — the 94th most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.