Miranda

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Miranda is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country, where it is the 97th most common surname. Recorded meaning: ‘person from Miranda’, a place-name in Spain or Portugal, perhaps ‘look-out post’.

rarermore common
  • NINicaragua≈1 in 221(inferred from the name graph)
  • BOBolivia≈1 in 310
  • SVEl Salvador≈1 in 324

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.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈110,000 people, est.

#262 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
431 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 184 (inferred from the name graph)

Costa Rica

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MirandaLatin(measured from records)
ΜιρανταGreek(measured from records)

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)

‘person from Miranda’, a place-name in Spain or Portugal, perhaps ‘look-out post’.

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Miranda 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 Miranda is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines#97≈110,000 est.≈1 in 1K—Miranda113
AR Argentina#6697,1731 in 46897KMiranda134
US United States#84993,6281 in 3.6K100KMiranda431
PE Peru#72≈56,000 est.≈1 in 570—Miranda125
CL Chile#36≈47,000 est.≈1 in 384115Miranda148
BO Bolivia#176≈37,000 est.≈1 in 310—Miranda77
NI Nicaragua#23≈28,000 est.≈1 in 221—Miranda57
CR Costa Rica—27,7431 in 18428K—115
SV El Salvador#57≈20,000 est.≈1 in 324—Miranda89

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 — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Miranda is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname23 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, Afrikaans

    Also written Míranda, Mïrändä, Mîřäňďä, Mirandå, Mirąnda

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Mira-Nda, Míranda

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Peru

    Also written Mirañda

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Peru, United States

    Also written 'Miranda, Miranda'

  • German surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Peru, Spain

    Languages: German, English

    Also written Mirandae, Mirandä

  • Lao surname25 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, Peru, United States

    Languages: Lao, Thai

    Also written Mirinda, มิรันดา, มิรินดา, มรินดา, มิรินด้า

96 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Miranda is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latin, Latin ‘admirable, marvelous’, from miror/mirus ‘wonder at; astonishing’.

    as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios

  • In Irish, Latin ‘admirable’; invented by Shakespeare. Occasionally used in Ireland.

    as a nameIrish first names

  • In English, Latin; invented by Shakespeare for the heroine of The Tempest; admired one

    as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

  • Latin, ‘admirable’. This name was invented by Shakespeare for his play The Tempest. It is occasionally used in Ireland. Mogue [Maodhég] (m) A pet form of Aidan given to St Aidan of Ferns (died 626). The name was adopted into Welsh as Madog. In Ireland it was anglicised as Aidan by Protestants, and Moses by Catholics.

    as a nameIrish first names

  • habitational name from any of numerous places in Spain and Portugal called Miranda. The derivation of the place name is uncertain; it may be of pre-Roman origin, or from Latin miranda ‘view’, ‘outlook’. This name is also found in western India, where it was taken by Portuguese colonists.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

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)

1700180019002000Francisco de Miranda, b. 1750Mario Miranda, b. 1926Zito, b. 1932Soledad Miranda, b. 1943Laura Chinchilla, b. 1959Claudio Miranda, b. 1965Thalía, b. 1971Pia Miranda, b. 1973Lin-Manuel Miranda, b. 1980Juan Miranda, b. 2000

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 117 sources across 56 countries.

Official registers attesting Miranda
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—97K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010201094K#330
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020202093K#330
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000200068K#437
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—28K#75

Reference works 9

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 Miranda mean, and where does it come from?
‘person from Miranda’, a place-name in Spain or Portugal, perhaps ‘look-out post’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
In which country does Miranda have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 108 thousand people named Miranda in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled miranda.
Where is Miranda most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Miranda is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 184 people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Miranda?
In Argentina, the national register counted 97,173 people named Miranda, about 1 in 468 residents.
How common is Miranda compared with other names?
In the Philippines, Miranda is the 97th most common surname of 876,464 surnames 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, “Miranda” — the 97th most common surname in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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