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Latin spelling of the Hebrew name מִרְיָם (Miryam) of uncertain origin and meaning [1]
Theories include:
1) Egyptian mry = 'beloved' [2] [3] [4]
2) Egyptian mr = 'love' [3]
3) Hebrew mrh = 'corpulent' [2] [5] [6] [4]
4) Hebrew mirjám = 'rebellious', 'defiant' [7] [2]
5) Hebrew miryam = 'seeress', 'woman' [8] [9]
6) Hebrew ma-râma = 'whished-for child' [10] [11] [12] [4]
7) Hebrew merî = 'rebellion' [10] [12]
8) Hebrew 'bitter, sad' [6]
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See also: Maria, Mariam, Mira, Mireio, Miri, Mirian, Mirja, Mirjana, Mirkka, Mirle, Mirva
Mirjamarson |
Mirjamardóttir |
- Danish | |
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Nominative: | Mirjam |
Genitive: | Mirjams |
- Faroese | |
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Nominative: | Mirjam |
Accusative: | Mirjam |
Dative: | Mirjam |
Genitive: | Mirjamar |
- Finnish | |
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Nominative: | Mirjam |
Genitive: | Mirjamin |
Partitive: | Mirjamia |
- Icelandic | |
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Nominative: | Mirjam |
Accusative: | Mirjam |
Dative: | Mirjam |
Genitive: | Mirjamar |
- Norwegian | |
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Nominative: | Mirjam |
Genitive: | Mirjams |
- Swedish | |
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Nominative: | Mirjam |
Genitive: | Mirjams |
Faroe Islands |
5 July |
Norway |
5 July |
Finland (Swedish Language) |
30 April |
Sweden |
1 July |
Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
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| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
Finland[15] |
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n.a. |
26807 | n.a. |
26801 | n.a. |
6 |
Sweden[16] |
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1237 | 2812 | 1237 | 2812 | 0 | 0 |
Denmark[17] |
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246 | n.a. |
246 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
Iceland[18] |
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6 | 11 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[19] |
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483 | n.a. |
483 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[20] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: 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. |
Sources: [21]