Entry № 3844 · Catalan origin

Mireia Mireia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mee-RAY-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Catalan
Meaning
"To admire, wonder"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
1859 (literary)

A name that means "to admire, wonder".

Mireia is the Catalan form of the Provençal Mirèio — derived from the Occitan mirar, meaning "to admire" or "to wonder at." The name was popularised by Frédéric Mistral's 1859 epic poem Mirèio, written in Provençal — for which he received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1904.

Mireia is widely used in Catalonia, Spain, and parts of southern France. It is rising slowly in Western records. Three lyrical syllables and a Nobel-laureate-attributed origin.

To admire. A Nobel-laureate poem made into a name.

The name in its native script.

Mireia
Transliteration
Mireia
Pronunciation
/ miˈɾɛ.jə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mireia stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Mireia · last year
142 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Mireias before her.

Real people
Mireia Belmonte
Spanish Olympic gold medal swimmer.
born 1990
In fiction
Mirèio
Heroine of Frédéric Mistral's 1859 Nobel-prize-winning epic poem.
1859 poem

Names connected to Mireia.

The number behind Mireia.

2

The Diplomat

Mireia reduces to two — the number of admiration and grace.

Why families chose this name.

"Catalan, lyrical, with a Nobel poem behind it. Mireia was the only one."
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