Baby Name Poll Results

Mirabelle nn Mira would be gorgeous!

Mirabel/Mirabella (miracle) or Mirasol (sunflower)

Thank you for the suggestions, but I don’t really like the sound of Mirabel/Mirabelle. It sounds too cutesy to me. Unfortunately, Mirasol sounds like a cleaner to me. :(

We’re naming our little girl Miriam Estelle with the nickname Mira :)

Love Miranda.

Like others, Mirabel / Mirabelle / Mirabella (= miracle) was the first to pop to mind. Others that you might like:

Casimira / Kasimira / Kazimira
Samira
Almira
Miracle / Milagro
Palmira
Edelmira / Elmira
Radomira
Amira / Amira
Zvonimira
Anamaria
Demetria
Miriam
Mireille / Mireia / Mireya
Zemfira

The last ones need some imagination. I erred on the side of inclusion. Good luck! :0)

P.S. Mira can stand on its own very well too. The full name is still optional if nothing *feels* right. :0)

Mira is beautiful on its own. Mirelle/Mirella, Amira, or Miriam would be adorable with the nickname Mira.

Thank you, FredaCat, for the suggestions. I had never considered Mira as a shortened form of Miriam before, but I love it! I also really, really love the sound of Amira. That is beautiful!

P.P.S. That second Amira should be Emira. Sorry.

I’ve never heard the name Mirelle before. Is it a real name??? It’s beautiful!

I looked it (Mirelle) up for you and, yes, it is a real name. It is Latin from Hebrew, and it means "Jehovah has said."

Thanks everyone! So far, my list includes Miranda, Mirelle, Miriam, and Amira (in no particular order).

Mirelle is a real name, but it may just be a shorter version of Mireille. My sister named her daughter Mirelle and we call her Mira or Miri for short.

Personally, I think Mira can totally stand on its own! It’s the name of a star in the constellation Cetus. From the names the other posters have said, I like Miriam, Casimira, Amira, and Mireille. Besides for the names already mentioned, here are some possibilities:

-Mireia (Catalan: mee-RE-uh, form of Virgin Mary)
-Mirela (Croatian, Romanian form of Mireille)
-Mirele (Yiddish: MEER-eh-leh)
-Mireya (Spanish)
-Mirella (Italian form of Mireille)
-Miren (Basque form of Maria)
-Mirinda (Esperanto: mee-REEN-dah)
-Mirja (Finnish: MEER-yah)
-Mirjam (German, Dutch, Finnish, etc.: MEER-yahm)
-Mirjana (Serbian, Croatian, Slovene form of Miriam)
-Mirna (Croatian, Serbian)
-Miroslava (yes, a little out there; Russian, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian: mee-rah-SLAV-ah)
-Mirsada (Bosnian)
-Mirta (Croatian, Italian)
-Mirthe/Myrthe (Dutch: MEER-teh)
-Miruna (Romanian)
-Myrinne (Ancient Greek)
-Myrine/Myrina (queen of the Amazons)

Great. Glad you’re getting ideas to kick around.

But it’s Mireille ("meer-AY-uh"), not Mirelle ("mur-EL"). I suppose if someone looked up Mirelle and found it was legit (for lack of a better term) then that’s fine. Just wanted to make sure you had the full range of options. :0)

Ah, I see. Thanks. I’ll go over these with my hubby tonight and see what he thinks. Thanks everyone!!

Its Mee ray in french