Mirjam

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Female Name

Usage

Finnish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of the Hebrew name מִרְיָם (Miryam) of uncertain origin and meaning. Theories include:

1) Egyptian mry = 'beloved' ^{[1] [2]}

2) Egyptian mr = 'love' ^[2]

3) Hebrew mrh = 'corpulent' ^{[1] [3] [4]}

4) Hebrew mirjám = 'rebellious, defiant' ^{[5] [1]}

5) Hebrew miryam = 'seeress, woman' ^{[6] [7]}

6) Hebrew ma-râma = 'whished-for child' ^{[8] [9] [10]}

7) Hebrew merî = 'rebellion' ^{[8] [10]}

8) Hebrew 'bitter, sad' ^[4]

Related Names

Miri	♀
Miria	♀
Miriam	♀
Mirian	♀
Miriem	♀
Mirijam	♀
Mirja	♀
Mirjá	♀
Mirjam	♀
Mirjami	♀
Mirje	♀
Mirju	♀
Mirjukka	♀
Mirka	♀
Mirkka	♀
Mirkku	♀
Mirla	♀
Mirri	♀
Mirva	♀
Myriam	♀

See also: Maria, Mira

Name Days

Faroe Islands

5 July

Norway

5 July

Finland (Swedish Language)

30 April

Sweden

1 July

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Mirjam
Accusative:	Mirjam
Dative:	Mirjam
Genitive:	Mirjamar

Further Information

Bible

Mirjam and Aron were sister and brother of Moses in the Old Testament

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[11]		1316	2942	0	0
Norway[12]		349	482	0	0
Denmark[13]		241	n.a.	0	n.a
Finland[14]		n.a.	25970	n.a	6
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^{[11][13][12][14]}:

Sources: ^{[11] [13] [12] [14]}

References

1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
2. ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
4. ↑ Adrian Room: Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992)
5. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Weitershaus: Das große Vornamenlexikon (1998)
6. ↑ Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
7. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
8. ↑ E. G. Withycombe: The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names (1977)
9. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
10. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
11. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
12. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
13. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
14. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi